Hi Tom;
The next computer I get will be a Nac.
Since I started using this iPhone I've had very few problems.
73 de Anthony w2ajv


Sent from my Verizon iPhone

On Jul 9, 2011, at 9:32 PM, tom behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>        Ah, believe me, Anthony, I know, but don't have the bucks right now.
> 
> I really got serious about a Mac when out in Colorado, but then, when the 
> bottom fell through out there, I had to put those plans on hold.
> 
> Maybe a Mac will be my next computer purchase after this one.
> 
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 8:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Off Topic: Some Windows 7 questions
> 
> 
> Tom;
> Maybe you should consider a Mac.
> 73 De Anthony w2ajv
> 
> 
> Sent from my Verizon iPhone
> 
> On Jul 9, 2011, at 7:27 PM, tom behler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi, folks.
>> =20
>> I realize that this post is somewhat off topic for this list, but there 
>> ar=
> e=20
>> lots of well-informed people on here, and I'd rather get a few good=20
>> recommendations than a bunch of fragmented ones such as what I might get 
>> i=
> f=20
>> I post this quiry to the JAWS list.
>> =20
>> Please send any replies to my personal e-mail address:
>> =20
>> [log in to unmask]
>> =20
>> I am now being forced out of necessity to purchase a new home PC.  My=20
>> seven-year-old trusty HP Windows XP machine has finally given up the 
>> ghost=
> .
>> =20
>> Obviously, with any PC purchased today, Windows 7 will be the main 
>> operati=
> ng=20
>> system.
>> =20
>> Fortunately, my University has just purchased the newest versions of 
>> Jaws=20=
> 
>> and Duxbury for me, so at least that end of things is covered.
>> =20
>> Here are my questions:
>> =20
>> 1.  Am I correct in assuming that I would be best off buying a 64-bit,=20
>> rather than a 32-bit machine?
>> =20
>> 2.  What would be the most blind-friendly e-mail program for me to 
>> use?=20=
> 
>> Right now, I have a g-mail account, and I'd like to run g-mail through=20
>> another e-mail program like I have done previously with Outlook Express. 
>> I=
> =20
>> suppose I could do my e-mail directly via the g-mail web site, but I 
>> have=20=
> 
>> found the web site itself to be quite cumbersome.
>> =20
>> Fortunately, for me, the transition to Windows 7 will be able to be done 
>> a=
> t=20
>> my own pace, since I do have my University Windows XP laptop to fall back 
>> o=
> n=20
>> if needed.  In fact, I am writing this e-mail on that laptop right now.
>> =20
>> Any suggestions would be most appreciated, and thanks to all for 
>> toleratin=
> g=20
>> the slightly "off topic" nature of this post.
>> =20
>> Vy 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ