We know what it's like to work for the State, Grin. I would guess if you aren't required to do the internet, you wouldn't need to change it. Actually, I believe the 4.2 was probably one of the best upgrades. That upgrade seems straight forward, with no real problems. Regards. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:20 PM Subject: [Braillenote] To upgrade or not
> Hey, guys, I want to pick your brains. <smile> > > At home I have the latest version of the BN: 5.1. At work, my BN has (I > think) 3.03 burned into rom, and I upgraded it as high as I could for > free. With 5.1 and the big planner overhaul, I wrote a memo to my > management, telling them about how far the BN has come since we got the one > at work, and wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade, before the one > we have becomes obsolete. I basically just use the one at work to jot down > information from phone calls and store important information; I don't do > anything really fancy with it like email and web browsing, etc. My main > concern was that if we don't eventually do some kind of upgrade, it'll > become totally obsolete. I finally got a response to my memo (which I > wrote back in March after 5.1 was released), saying they needed me to give > more justifications as to why I'd need the upgrade. I work for the state > of California, which is in a budget crisis right now, so don't want any > money spent just so I can have a cool toy, especially when there's another > blind lady in our area who just uses a Perkins Brailler. So I'm wondering > if any of you have thoughts on upgrading to keep machines from becoming > outdated, or whether I should just leave things as they are. Maybe someone > from PDI can give some idea as to whether there's a possibility of the > units with the old mother board becoming obsolete and un-serviceable, or if > they'll still be supported for years to come. I want to be responsible and > give management whatever information might help them make a wise decision, > without asking the state to spend money unnecessarily. Thoughts? > > Peggy > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
