Well Jenny, 8 years is a pretty long life for a PC. My home PC is 6 years old, and it is underpowered for some of today's tasks. With computers as inexpensive as they have become, aside from the inconvenience of learning a new OS, etc. upgrading your PC experience by purchasing a new one can be a definite positive experience. Just from glancing at the specs you have given, the new PC that you are looking at should more than meet your needs. My only comment is that I would stay away from HP or Compaq, which is made by HP, because of their high failure rate, and because they tend to put a lot of bloatware on their machines.
Andy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jenny Bomareto Sent: Friday, June 25, 2010 4:18 PM To: Jaws-users-list Subject: [JAWS-Users] Computer advice. Hello all, I know this might be a little off topic but I need your help. The current computer that I have was purchased in 2002 and everything still is currently loaded on it, and I can't remember the name but I know it's a 32 bit. All I'm purchasing is the PC, no screen, and no speakers so another words the tower part that stores all of the information. I'll paste the name of the new computer at the end of this message. I need to know if this new computer will have enough memory for Jaws version 11, Kurzweil 1000 version 11, MS word 2003, all of my microsoft word documents (I have about 40 of them maybe more, my talking checkbook program, PC suite latest version, internet explorer 8, outlook express version 6.00, 250 folders in outlook express because when I get e-mail from people I save it in the person's folder, talking CD\DVD creator program, about 28 folders on my C drive. In my music folder I have four folders. Mark Chesnutt's folder currently has 18 CDS' in it and soon I will be adding his Outlaw CD (which was released June 22 for those of you that are interested in purchasing it). Then I have a misolaneous folder with about three CDS' in it, a George Jones folder which has two CDS' and another folder if I remember it's George Strait and it has a couple CDS' in it. So another words I don't want to have to keep having to buy a new computer every 8 years when I add music, more MS word documents, kurzweil 1000 documentation, e-mail folders, or my third concert and more concerts after that in my concerts folder. Now here is the information about the computer. Thank you very much in advance for all of your help. Have a great rest of the day. COMPAQ Presario CQ5300F(AY026AA#ABA) Sempron LE-1300(2.3GHz) 2GB DDR2 320GB NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit Best Wishes, Jenny Bomareto [email protected] 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/
