[gui-talk] MAGic on a network-based system

[David Andrews]

No, Magic can be run on a laptop.  If it is a newer laptop, its video 
hardware may not be compatible with windows XP.  We saw this at work 
with some laptops.  The solution may be going to Windows 7.

Dave

At 04:38 PM 7/8/2011, you wrote:
>My office just installed JAWS and MAGic to my work laptop.  Virtually
>all of the applications necessary to our jobs are network-based, and it
>would be an understatement to say that our network is horribly cluttered
>and antiquated.  That being said, we currently operate on Windows XP
>Professional, and Microsoft 2007.  The MAGic and JAWS that were
>installed are the latest versions.
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>The biggest problem at the moment is that MAGic simply will not run on
>my laptop without freezing the entire computer.  The IT boss seems to
>think that it is because it cannot be properly run on a laptop.  Is that
>true?  I have some residual vision in one eye, and am still very
>attached to using it when I can.  I am also just learning
>(self-teaching, at the moment) JAWS, so I truly do not feel comfortable
>relying on that alone.