You need to buy a computer that can handle most current applications and devices even at the risk of some of them possibly not working with it. It's impossible for anyone to answer all your questions here. However, when I upgraded to Win7 two years ago, I found that almost everything still worked, if sometimes with a bit of tweaking.
Someone else might address your braille printer concerns. However, I note that FS has been touting its improved support of braille processors in JAWS 16. You may now be able to upgrade from Version 9. The longer you stay with old computers and old versions of JAWS, the harder you will find it. Going from XP to Win7 improved my Internet experience immeasurably. -----Original Message----- From: Jfw [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of douglasdexheimer via Jfw Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2014 3:09 PM To: [email protected]; Freedom Scientific Technical Support Subject: requirements for refurbished desktop computers Hi all. I'm thinking about upgrading to a new refurbished desktop computer running Windows 7 Pro. I've provided a link listing many choices and am wondering which one will work with the programs I currently use and which versions; I use Jaws 9.0 because of its advantages with braille display functionality in certain applications. One drawback with a higher version of Jaws is in the configuration manager, shift+control+d doesn't take me to the defaults, but opens up the My Documents folder, since that is the shortcut key command I made for it. I heard that the new Blindtunes scripts only work with Jaws 15 or higher. Will one of these computers be compatible with Jaws 9, 11 or 112, or should I purchase an upgrade to a higher version? What versions of MSWord, Firefox, Duxbury, Internet Explorer, Winamp, Adobe Reader/Flash, Windows Media Player, VLC, itunes/blindtunes will work on a Win7 Pro system? I'm currently using Word 2003 and DBT 10.7, but will these work on the new system? If the answer to any of the above is "yes", I'd like to know what size hard drive and memory, and microprocessor speed, 32- or 64-bit, are required. Also I need a computer with enough USB ports for my Focus 80 display, Deskjet printer, parellel port for Juliet embosser, etc. Please advise the cost of a computer that will work with all of the above applications and/or any necessary updates. Thanks for your help checking out these computers and finding the least expensive brand and/or one that will be most compatible with all my favorite apps. http://stores.ebay.com/Tech-Deals-Now_W0QQ_fsubZ2053061016 Douglas Richard Dexheimer Chief of Braille Productions Born-Again Productions The Friedman Place, Apt.308 5527 N. Maplewood Ave. Chicago, IL 60625 home phone 773-901-7306 cell phone 913-244-0612 [email protected] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.the-jdh.com/pipermail/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com/attachments/20141207/8e92eb8b/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com _______________________________________________ Jfw mailing list [email protected] http://lists.the-jdh.com/mailman/listinfo/jfw_lists.the-jdh.com
