I think it would be more correct to say that Microsoft took too long to
develop Vista, released it too soon, and made many PR mistakes rolling it
out. Vista works well now, and much more secure than XP. For me, it's main
remaining problem is that it requires too much resources. It seems that
Microsoft has learned from their Vista mistakes. Windows is a streamlined
version of Vista and needs less memory CPU and hard disk!
The only free upgrade from Vista to Windows 7 is if you purchased a computer
within the last few months. I have not heard of any other free upgrades,
and doubt if they would do that. There was a pre-order upgrade for $50, but
that offer is no longer available. These upgrade packages can be applied to
either Vista or XP. Windows 7 Premium is the most logical upgrade for most
people. There is now a family pack available for about $150 that allows
upgrading 3 computers. I hear that there is also a discount student version
for around $30. It seems that all that is necessary to qualify for this
discount is an email ending with ".edu".
Don Marang
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Stansifer" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 6:25 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7
One of the IT guys at work mentioned something about that
because Vista was so buggy Microsoft was offering a free
upgrade from Vista to Windows7, have you heard anything to
either substantiate or deny that rumor?
TNX
Larry
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Jimmy Podsim
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:00 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7
Well, I know some blind people who were running the beta and
RC and I've heard nothing but good about it. Of course,
there are many people who don't like Microsoft or anything
they make. I've also heard good things about how JAWS
interacts with it and it sounds like it will be a better
experience with jaws and windows 7 than it was with jaws and
Vista.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
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Kimsan
Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 10:06 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7
Ah, thanks.
I heard someone say that on the news today and believed that
it would be
worth it for XP users and not vista users but ones' persons'
opinion doesn't
have to be someones decision, though.
Just asking that's all, good evening.
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