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

[Aaron Cannon]

Hi.

Yeah, I didn't make much of it, as I figured that they were the one's
who had to support it, and since I wasn't having any issues with the
Mac, it wasn't a problem.

As for why I didn't use Windows 7: well, that is what they originally
gave me, and after trying it for a few weeks, I was still not a fan.
So, I requested XP.  Obviously I was just putting off the inevitable,
but I felt that the first few weeks of work was not the time to learn
a new OS.

I'll probably switch at home, and then after I'm comfortable, at work.

In regards to the question about the editor, I'm still using EdSharp.
It works, but I still have to deal with the non-trivial means of
saving a file with Linux line endings, and errors are frequent.
Still, it's a great program.  If it weren't for those flaws, it would
be perfect.

Aaron

On 3/4/12, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>--
>>>This message was sent from a mobile device
>>>
>>>
>>>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
>
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