Read a well-documented article the other day which states that in bench mark tests, Windows 7 was much faster than VISTA but still slower than XP. The article also stated that you can expect a 30% more power drain- especially of interest to laptop users.
Cher -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Donald Marang Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 3:30 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7 Hi Larry, No a JFW Pro Key is not required for Premium. I would recommend JAWS 11 for use with Windows 7. It seems that most things work well with JAWS 10 also. Don Marang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stansifer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7 > Frankly Don that makes more sense. > Does Windows 7 Premium require the JFW Pro Key? and what > versions of Jaws will work with the afore mentioned? > > TNX > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Donald Marang > Sent: Thursday, October 15, 2009 12:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] question about windows 7 > > > 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] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of 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. >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list >> visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list >> visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ >> >> >> -- >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version > of virus >> signature database 4509 (20091015) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: >> http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list > visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > -- > BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Teach InfoWest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 300554213) is > spam: > Spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=300554213&m=ac3c > dfda721b&c=s > Not spam: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=300554213&m=ac3c > dfda721b&c=n > Forget vote: > https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=300554213&m=ac3c > dfda721b&c=f > > REMEMBER: Never give out your account information, password, > or other personal information over e-mail. > ------------------------------------------------------ > END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of > virus signature database 4511 (20091015) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
