[gui-talk] new 64 bit computer

[Mike Freeman]

Wish there were a Pine for Windows!

Mike

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Jacobson" <steve.jacobson at visi.com>
To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface,GUI Talk Mailing List" 
<gui-talk at nfbnet.org>; "qubit" <lauraeaves at yahoo.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] new 64 bit computer


>I am probably going to purchase the e-mail program "Becky" from
>
> http://www.rimarts.co.jp/
>
> It is a nice little program somewhat like PMMail which I've used for a 
> dozen years or so.  It works well, but some of the terminology may suffer 
> a little in
> translation.  Whether it does what you are looking for or not, Laura, I 
> don't know.  Thunderbird is a good program, too.  It seems to me, though, 
> that they
> are updating it a lot and sometimes breaking previous features.  I might 
> just be hearing the negatives, though.  Windows Live Mail should be looked 
> at,
> too, but it is important that if you get Windows Live Mail 2011 that one 
> be sure that the screen reader supports it.  It will not likely work well 
> with older
> versions of screen readers.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010 15:02:46 -0600, qubit wrote:
>
>>Hey, hope you are satisfied with your purchase! I saw that in my qvc mail
>>this morning and wondered if it would be a popular item.  There must be a
>>catch -- seems like a low price for 3 processors, 6GB ram and 500GB hard
>>drive.  If I hadn't already bought another notebook from Walmart I would
>>probably have bitten on this one.
>>Good luck and please post your experience using it.
>>Oh, btw, you have several choices for a mailer.  Seems as if OE and its 
>>dbx
>>mailboxes are obsolete now.  I hear a lot of complaints on the windows7 
>>list
>>about windows live mail.  Some recommend thunderbird, which has jaws
>>scripts.  You can import mail to thunderbird from OE files.
>>There is also outlook, if you have a copy of Office7.  Someone else
>>recommends eudora.
>>I personally prefer something that can import my OE files and preserve not
>>just the mailboxes, but the address book data, and the group lists in my
>>address book.  I think I will choose thunderbird. Meanwhile, I am still
>>using OE on my old rickety xp notebook.
>>Good luck!
>>--le
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "blume" <blume at verizon.net>
>>To: "Discussion of the Graphical User Interface, GUI Talk Mailing List"
>><gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2010 1:33 PM
>>Subject: [gui-talk] new 64 bit computer
>
>
>>Hello Everyone,
>>Well today I bought a Del 64 bit computer from QVC.
>>It was a great price and had everything I felt I needed in a computer.
>>My questions are:
>>Is there a special way to set up the computer so  JAWS can work well,
>>similar to the XP OS?
>>I will be running JAWS 12.X
>>It will not have "outlook" as  a Email program, therefore what Email 
>>program
>>will work well with the 64 bit OS with JAWS?
>>I will need a converter for "PDF's", what program should I use?
>>The Computer will have 6 GZs of RAM with a 500 GZ. hard drive.
>>If anyone has any tips for using my new computer you may contact me off 
>>line
>>at:
>>blume at verizon.net
>>Thanks!
>>>From Tom Blume
>
>
>>_______________________________________________
>>gui-talk mailing list
>>gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
>>gui-talk:
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/lauraeaves%40yahoo.com
>
>
>>_______________________________________________
>>gui-talk mailing list
>>gui-talk at nfbnet.org
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
>>To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
>>gui-talk:
>>http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/steve.jacobson%40visi.com
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gui-talk mailing list
> gui-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/gui-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> gui-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/gui-talk_nfbnet.org/k7uij%40panix.com