[gui-talk] Windows 7: Whihch version for my new laptop??

Thu Oct 29 04:09:56 UTC 2009

Wayne,

thanks. I'm definitely going to get Home Premium. I haven't yet installed 
Jaws 11, though I will be doing so eventually, certainly when I get the new 
laptop, which I intend to add to my desktop rather than use as a total 
replacement. Not quite sure about that, yet, so we'll see.

and I was assuming, from everything I've heard about the interface of Vista 
and now am reading in conventional tech articles in Slate and the New York 
Times, that Windows 7 will need some learning with Jaws. FS brags in their 
podcasts about having developed Jaws 11 with Windows 7 firmly in mind, so 
I'll be pretty surprised if Jaws 11 Help and instructional materials don't 
educate me about how to operate my computer with Windows 7. I'll be shocked 
if they don't help, in fact. As for your mention of Office 2007, I confess 
the only app in that suite I've ever used is Word, and I'm still using Word 
2000 on my XP desktop, for certain reasons. I think I'll simply get Office 
2007 on my new machine and grit my teeth and learn how to use it, how to 
either use that hated ribbon or get around it with keyboard shortcuts, and 
eventually get up to speed. I confess I'm exhausted just thinking about all 
this, but I guess I can do it.

Joel
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Merritt" <wcmerritt at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:24 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Windows 7: Whihch version for my new laptop??

In some cases, you can also run Windows Seven Home Basic on a netbook,
but you're probably better off getting Seven Home Premium if you can
since it has a few more of the everyday features and things you might
actually use. The one thing that Home Premium has which may not work
well with JAWS is Media Center, as far as dealing with TV shows,
movies and the like.

Joel, if you're going from XP to Windows Seven though, you should know
that there will be things that look different in Seven. I haven't used
Seven myself yet, but going off of what's in Vista, some things look
different such as the Start menu and other applications like My
Computer. The open and save as dialogs are also different. Keep in
mind that though it looks different, the same basic principles you
used in XP still apply to Vista/Seven. You may want to listen to some
of the training material that FS has produced, specifically the ones
for using JAWS with Microsoft Office 2007 and Windows Vista. I expect
that they will udpate that material as needed to reflect any notable
changes in Windows Seven verses how Vista behaved.

Good luck,
Wayne

On 10/28/09, Joel Deutsch <jdeutsch at dslextreme.com> wrote:
> Chris,
>
> thanks a bunch. I did read somewhere that Home Basic was to be marketed
> mostly in developing countries (or Third World, as I think most of them
> would have previously been called). And it was generous of you to find, 
> copy
> and paste that FS info into an email for me. BTW, I'm going to go with 32
> bit, for practical reasons.
>
> Thanks again,
> Joel
> ounttries devloping eveloped
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherh40 at googlemail.com>
> To: "'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 3:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Windows 7: Whihch version for my new laptop??
>
>
> Two things.
> 1. Home Basic isn't even available in most countries; it's for the
> developing market.
> 2. As I am using Home Premium, I can confirm myself that JAWS standard 
> will
> work for Home Premium. If you want extra proof, here's a little blurb from
> the JAWS help system.
> JAWS 64-bit Standard can be used with 64-bit versions of Windows 7 Home
> Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium, and Windows Vista Home Basic.
> JAWS 32-bit Standard can be used with 32-bit versions of Windows 7 Home
> Premium, Windows Vista Home Premium, Windows Vista Home Basic, and Windows
> XP Home.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: 28 October 2009 9:41 PM
> To: GUI-Talk
> Subject: [gui-talk] Windows 7: Whihch version for my new laptop??
>
> Hi Listers,
> I may be buying myself a laptop sooner than I anticipated. I'm pretty
> certain whichever one I choose at a big box store accompanied by my 
> sighted
> I T professional friend, it'll have Windows 7 preinstalled as its 
> operating
> system.
>
> Now, I'm running XP Home on my desktop, so this won't be like graduating
> from Vista to the new O.S. So I can't compare in that way.
>
> But I know that there's a Home Basic and a Home Premium. I seem to hear
> you're supposed to get Home Premium, and I assume that'll support Jaws
> standard, either the version 10 I'm still running or Version 11 that I'll
> soon install. I don't want to have to move up to Jaws Professional.
>
> My basic uses will be Word, email using the simplest free MS app that's
> today's version of Outlook Express, surfing the Web, and playing digital
> audio files, either music or voice.
>
> Is home basic *too* basic? Is there something hobbling about it? In what
> way? I'm assuming it's cheaper. How about Home Premium? Is that the right
> one? Is that what people here have been getting, so far? If so, is Jaws
> Standard okay with it or must you upgrade to Jaws Pro, which I don't wanna
> do?
>
> thanks, people.
>
> Joel
>
>
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