Robbie, I would suggest making sure that you have double the amount of RAM you think you will actually use. If you are going to run Anti-virus, Office applications, and other programs, this will probably take a performance hit on the machine. Also, you have not given any of us list members specs on the system other than it is a netbook machine. What type of processor, speed of processor, and all of that? This should answer a lot of your questions, but still. I personally, wouldn't suggest using a netbook, unless you have a real need for them. I still use good old laptops/desktops, and they work fine. Although from what I'm hearing about Windows7, accessibility is currently falling apart. First, with the compotition, and the varius issues I see on this list day in and day out, regarding Window-Eyes. The real question is, if GW-Micro plans to resolve them? On top of rewriting Browse Mode, I am not sure how they intend to correct these bugs. If you ask me, GWMicro: Doug and all of you, you throught Window-Eyes7 was stable, and are completely proven wrong. All those error reports blowing up in your face should prove it. Although, JAWS11 isn't doing much better than you are. From what I have been told recently, Windows7 is for the present, totally inaccessible, and that to even use it, we all must use NVDA or other applications that do not use display hooks. These are just the opinions of several people, and apparently some folks are losing there JAWS miror drivers. Has anyone attempted using JAWS11 and Window-Eyes on a Windows7 system to insure taht the programs are getting along? Whatever happened to manufacturers insuring compatibility and peice of mind for all? Whatever happened to equality, where companies worked hand in hand, to insure that users got what they wished? At the moment, I am torn between using XP, or the Linux operating system, until such issues are resolved. Does anyone have any thoughts on what I've posted, as far as the over-all accessibility? Doug, Arron, and the rest: Maybe you got your Window-Eyes Windows7 support fine, but obviously you folks messed up in your coding somewhere along the line while pushing it out. Perhaps you ...messed up a bit, and rushed it out a bit too soon? I have seen a lot of reports in witch people appear to be losing speech, and other things. If any of these things can be confirmed by GW-Micro staff directly on this list, or to me personally, that would be wonderful to know that Window-Eyes is still having error reports fixed and bugs patched or whatever. I'm also subscribed to GW-scripting, and if that is any indication, you folks still appear to have major scripting issues. Am I right in any of what I have stated so far? Maybe I am, maybe I am wrong. Feel free to correct me--it wouldn't be the first time I have said something only to be shown that I was wrong in what I was talking about, but I doubt I'm wrong on all accounts. I'm sure if users are losing speech, and GW-Micro has received error reports validating this, that this will be fixed in Window-Eyes8.0 or whatever the next release is. Or, am I wrong? Thanks.
In the meantime, I'm sticking with XP until I know for sure that Windows7 is accessible to all without any bugs whatsoever, and that the screen-reading experience is a smooth process for all. Regards, --Keith On 11/9/09, Andy Baracco <[email protected]> wrote: > Windows 7 starter is very bare bones. i have a friend who is a kind > of computer guru. He has a laptop with windows 7 starter. He says > that it can probably run Word 2007, but probably could not support > the whole Office suite. > Andy > At 06:45 AM 11/9/2009, you wrote: > >>Listers, >>Buy.com is selling the Asus Eee PC 1005HA-P Netbook with Windows 7 >>starter as it's operating system. >>This is the first netbook I've seen with windows 7 on it. >>Is windows 7 too big for this netbook? It only has 1GB of RAM. >> >>Whats missing in windows 7 starter thats in say window 7 home premium? >> >>Here is the buy.com link: >> >><http://www.buy.com/prod/asu-1005ha-pu17-bk-asu-crosslink-2gb/q/loc/101/212798036.html?adid=17070>http://www.buy.com/prod/asu-1005ha-pu17-bk-asu-crosslink-2gb/q/loc/101/212798036.html?adid=17070 >> >>Thanks for any feedback. >> >>Robbie >><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >><mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] >> >> >> >>If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original >>sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and >>your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending >>your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >>All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, >>and can be searched through and sorted using the search >>form at the bottom of the page. >> >>If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to >>[email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body >>of the message. > > > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original > sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and > your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending > your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can > be searched through and sorted using the search > form at the bottom of the page. > > If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to > [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body > of the message. If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. All GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo, and can be searched through and sorted using the search form at the bottom of the page. If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [email protected] and include leave gw-info in the body of the message.
