[nfbcs] Varieties of Windows

[Tracy Carcione]

I'm going to go for Windows 7 Pro.  We will be switching to it in my office 
as well, so I'll have to get used to it anyway.
Thanks everyone for the advice.
Tracy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Freeman" <k7uij at panix.com>
To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Varieties of Windows


> Hey! Different strokes for different folks ... Windows 7 works just fine.
> (grin)
> Mike
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Nicole 
> Torcolini
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 5:29 PM
> To: 'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Varieties of Windows
>
> I have not used Windows 8, but most of the people who I know who use it 
> hate
> it. The problem is that the same operating system is supposed to be able 
> to
> run on both a tablet and a PC, but it does not work well with a PC. If
> possible, I would try both Windows 7 and Windows 8 to see for yourself.
> Personally, I don't necessarily  care for Windows 7. My current laptop,
> which I got in mid 2012, runs Windows Vista 64 bit, but I don't know if 
> that
> is still available. Several things are different in Windows 7. They can be
> different in Windows Vista, but there are settings to make them more like
> XP. In Windows 7, those settings don't exist.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 7:44 AM
> To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List
> Subject: [nfbcs] Varieties of Windows
>
> I'm getting ready to buy a new desktop computer.  I had heard that Windows 
> 8
> was trash, so I've been looking at Windows 7.  But I see there are people
> here using Windows 8, so maybe it's actually OK?
> Between Windows 7 and 8, which is the easiest to use, for a person using
> Jaws and coming from XP?
> Is there any real difference, from the same perspective, between Windows 7
> for Home and Windows 7 Professional?
> Thanks.
> Tracy
>
>
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