There are indeed different versions of jaws for 32bit and 64bit
windows but the price is the same. Different prices make a difference
not with 32bit or 64bit but with which version of the operating
system is being used, i.e. whehter jaws standard (for home) or
professional systems is required. These exist in both 32bit and 64bit flavors.
I am still on xp myself but I think I heard that the "highest"
version of win 7 that will work wiht the standard license of jaws is
"Home premium". this is to be taken into account when buying the
computer with an operating system preinstalled. For most users, the
"Home Premium" version of windows should be all they ever need.
As for a hardware suggestion for a laptop, Chris and I both bought
Asus laptops that were affordable and which are very rugged and come
with a full-sized keyboard including numpad. We bought ours without
operating system and are running xp on them each but they came with 2
gigs of RAM (expandable to 4 gigs) and are capable of running win 7
in both 32bit or 64bit.
hth
Doris
At 02:25 PM 1/14/2012 +0000, you wrote:
Hi Kathy.
I certainly would not go with 64bit. The amount of complaints we've
had about it! a friend of mine runs a PC repair business and people
find it a lot more convenient to downgrade to 32bit. the reality is
that if your pc only has 4GB or less of memory, 32bit windows is
fine. if it has 4GB or more, then they recommend 64bit but in
reality 32bit can work on windows with up to 16GB of ram using PAE
or physical address extention technology. this probably isn't the
place to discuss 32bit verses 64bit, but i've a feeling that you're
paying extra for jaws 64bit, i haven't checked out the latest prices
but i do know that there are separate versions of jaws for 32bit
systems and 64bit systems.
I hope that helps, feel free to write me off list if you need more
clarification at:
[email protected]
Mo.
On 14/01/2012 14:12, Kathy Pingstock wrote:
Good morning,
I am using the latest Jjaws. Different are telling me to go with the 64 bit
laptops, that 32 are fading out. Will the standard jaws work with the 64 bit
laptops. What is the difference between 32 or 64 bit units.
Kathy
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