Hi Peter, Thanks for your reply. I'm glad to hear Windows 8 worked for you, but I think your last two sentences sum up the most important point! Just the fact that you were happy to give your laptop to a friend and return to your former Windows 7 setup says a lot. It'll be interesting reading what others have to say on the topic.
Kristina -----Original Message----- From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Tighe Sent: January-14-13 3:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 14 and the Windows 8 dilemma Kristina, I bought a Sony Windows 8 laptop a month ago and it does work with Jaws version 14. With a little tweeking, Internet explorer 10 can be made to work in "desktop" mode and looks to me very much like Internet explorer 9. Older printers as well as the Generic text printer for Duxbury can be made to work, although the ways to do it are not obvious. I will be glad to help you with this if you need it. Windows 8 will Work with Kurzweil and I expect it would work as well with OpenBook. . . I wanted to prove to myself that Windows 8 could work for blind users and I succeeded! Now that I have proved to myself that it can work, I am going to give the windows 8 laptop to a sighted friend who really likes the new Metro screens. I find Windows 7 much more gracious and manageable and intend to try to keep it for several years. Peter -------------------------------------------------- From: "Kristina Kolley" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 12:24 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: [JAWS-Users] JAWS 14 and the Windows 8 dilemma > Hi all, > > > > My current laptop (running JAWS 11 and Vista) is going to crash any day > now, > so I am looking to purchase a new laptop as soon as possible. I have > spoken > to several people regarding the pros and cons of Windows 8, and as to > whether sticking with Windows 7 would be a wiser decision. Another factor > to > consider is that, while Windows 7 is still readily available, my selection > of Windows 8 laptop options would be somewhat broader. > > > > I would appreciate hearing from those of you who have been using Windows 8 > on a regular basis both successfully or unsuccessfully, and whether either > 7 > or 8 seems to provide the JAWS user with greater advantages other than 7 > being within our comfort zone. I do expect, within reason, that 8 would > involve a significant learning curve, but if some tasks are outright > impossible to perform (reading specific screens, navigation issues, etc.), > please share these as well, as too much ongoing frustration might make me > think twice about the switch. > > > > Many thanks in advance, > > > > Kristina > > 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/
