Most likely, certainly the monitor.
Go to your manufacturer's website for the printer and camera and look under
support for Windows 7 drivers. Depending on your printer's age, it may or
may not have one.
Unless your printer is esoteric, assuming it is an inkjet, you could buy a
new one for $50, which isn't any more than a cartridge refill.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: "rich" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 4:07 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Computer advice.
Thanks, that is the info I was looking for.
I just called Best Buy and they have a compact PC with windows 7 and 2-4 g
RAM. for $280.00.
Could I hook up my existing monitor and printer to this?
What about the devices I have installed software for such as camera etc.
Would these things be transferable? or, would I have to install the
software individually?
By the way, I presently have 384 M B RAM, for $60.00 I could bump it up to
768. Would this memory be too little?
Thank you.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Computer advice.
You could transfer all your programs and such with a program like
PcMover. The problem comes in as far as the operating system. This is
for technical as well as operational and security reasons.
From a technical standpoint, you'd need to make sure that the hardware on
the new machine would work with your old operating system. Also, you'd
have to get a machine without an operating system which usually means
building your own or having somebody build it to your specifications.
That's doable, but these days, you can buy a system for less money than
you can build it.
From an operational and security standpoint, you now have XP Home. XP
support is going away, the support will end in 2014. This means after
2014, you will no longer be getting any updates for security holes and
threats. Additionally, XP is inherently more security flawed than Windows
7.
The drawback to updating for you might be financial. For Win 7, you'll
really need Jaws 11. For Vista, Jaws 8 is the earliest version I think,
although Jaws 9 is better in my opinion. And, since most commercial
vendors are peddling the 64-bit editions of Vista and Win 7, this means
you'll need at least Jaws 10 since that is the first version that
supported a 64-bit edition. Because Jaws and really any screen-reader,
buries itself so deeply in the operating system, earlier versions won't
work on 64-bit operating systems, even though other run-of-the-mill
32-bit programs will work.
Steve
Lansing, MI
----- Original Message -----
From: "rich" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Computer advice.
I apologize for jumping in a little late and not quite being familiar
with all of the posts.
I may also be in the market for something new.
With an old Dell PC with XP homeand working software.
Instead of purchasing more memory for $100.00. Would it be worth it just
to buy a new PC?
Could I transfer the operating system and everything else to something
with a faster processor and more memory?
Thanks.
Rich
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scorpio Forever" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2010 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] Computer advice.
Hi Steve,
While the specs are nice, although those specs are the bare minimum in
my
opinion, the fact is, if you're going to run Jaws 11 on a computer
running
Windows 7 64 bit edition, there is absolutely no point in using that
computer unless it's got at least 4 gigs of RAM, otherwise the thing
will be
slower than molasses.
If she wanted a slow computer, she might as well keep the one she has
and
save her money.
A second point I would make is that a 320 gig hard drive will become
obsolete in less than three months, if they aren't already, so why pay
all
that money for something that will be obsolete in less than three
months.
The minimum one can get just in a laptop alone is 500 gigs, unless one
is
getting a net book, in which case, the biggest I've seen is a 250 hard
drive, and these are solid state drives, so, again, why would she pay
250
dollars for a computer that only has 2 gigs of RAM and a 320 gig drive,
it
wouldn't make sense.
Heck, if I'm not mistaken, with all the features of Windows 7, the darn
OS
will fill that 320 gigger in a matter of days. Smile.
In any case, at the very least, if she isn't planning on upgrading in
the
near future, then I would definitely say that using a computer with
those
specs and running Jaws 11 64 bit edition would just make using the
computer
way too tedious.
Scorpio
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