[Promotion-technology] Windows 8.1

[Gregory D. Rosenberg]

I use VoiceOver almost exclusively now. I have two mid-2011 iMAC 27” novels. I did not want the bigger screen, but rather the faster processors that were only available on that model. I use one as my production machine and on for testing and development. I use separate profiles to keep things segregated. although I can run everything on either machine in case one fails. I do have Window-Eyes running on a Windows 8.1 Update 1 machine that I do support on. I also run VMware fusion and run many operating systems under it for testing. Unfortunately although VNware Fusion works OK with VoiceOver, it does not extend to the virtual guest operating systems. That is also where Window-Eyes comes in.



On May 1, 2014, at 16:21 CDT, Bruce C. Paul <brucecpaul at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
> 
> Sorry if this repeats an earlier email, I tried to cross list this post with my state 
> affiliates list, but didn't see it here:
> 
> I have an older desktop computer that I would like to replace with a newer machine 
> running Windows 8.1.  This, however, would require me to upgrade my JAWS license to 15.  
> At the same time, Firefox just came out with a new release that seems to work with 
> VoiceOver on the Mac, so I started wondering which the group thought was the better 
> upgrade path? 
> 
> On background, I run Linux on VirtualBox on both my MacBook and the Windows machine I 
> would replace, with a screen reader (ORCA).  I would also like to do some .Net 
> development, so having access to the Microsoft Stack would make sense, but I expect any 
> prospective employer would provide me with suitable hardware.
> 
> Thanks,
> bcp
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