[nfbcs] XP was Re: Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?

[David Andrews]

There is at least one reason that XP does not run well on some newer 
machines.  It is because the graphics hardware on these newer 
machines isn't supported by XP.

Dave

At 12:48 PM 3/4/2012, you wrote:
>Yes, that does seem a little odd. What other machines do they have? 
>Did they say anything about why XP would not work on other machines? 
>Although it is from 2009, I have a computer that could run 64 bit 
>windows, but I have it running 32 bit XP. I wonder if they meant 
>that they could get Windows XP for the Mac but they could not get 
>Windows XP for a PC. BTW, do people where you work use other 
>versions of Windows?
>
>Nicole
>
>----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Cannon" 
><cannona at fireantproductions.com>
>To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 6:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?
>
>
>>I work for a company called The Nerdery, doing web development 
>>using python and php and sometimes JavaScript. I ended up with a 
>>Mac running windows when I requested xp. it was the only machine 
>>that tech services felt confident that xp would run on. seemed a 
>>little odd, but it seems to work.
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>--
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>>
>>On Mar 2, 2012, at 20:33, "Bryan Schulz" <b.schulz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>>hi,
>>>
>>>what type of job would that be and why are you running that 
>>>instead of a straight windows machine?
>>>
>>>Bryan Schulz
>>>
>>>  ----- Original Message -----  From: Aaron Cannon
>>>  To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
>>>  Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 8:03 PM
>>>  Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?
>>>
>>>
>>>  I use a Mac running Windows every day at work with no problems.  I
>>>  have it setup to dual boot, not as a virtual machine, so there's no
>>>  issue with slowness as Windows runs directly on the Mac hardware.
>>>
>>>  Aaron
>>>
>>>  On 3/2/12, Nicole B. Torcolini at Home <ntorcolini at wavecable.com> wrote:
>>>>It really depends on what kind of computer user you are. If you are one of
>>>>those people who gets frustrated if the computer is the least bit sluggish,
>>>>then, yes, you need a PC. Even if you max out on the RAM memory on the Mac
>>>>and then give as much to the virtual machine as possible, it still is often
>>>>not enough. The one experience that I had was with Windows XP, so, if
>>>>Windows 7 manages memory better, it may not be the same.
>>>>
>>>>----- Original Message -----
>>>>From: "Stephanie Ludi" <salvse at rit.edu>
>>>>To: <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>>>Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:48 PM
>>>>Subject: [nfbcs] Running JAWS on Windows on a Mac - Issues?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>Has anyone had any problems running JAWS on a Macbook Pro or Air that is
>>>>>running Windows 7?  I am going to use this info as part of a purchasing
>>>>>decision and I want to know if I can dual book from a Mac or if I need to
>>>>>have a PC laptop for Windows in order to run JAWS.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>--Steph