Hi all,
Well folks, this is from the Kim Komando show.
This is from Saturday, June 17th.

Microsoft will let XP still be bought after June 30th, but, only if it's bought on systems with 1 gig of ram or less, an 8 gig hard drive or less, and a 1 gig processor or slower.  Any faster system than this, will be a violation of Microsoft's rules, and the stores won't sell them.


So folks, I began to think.  What will the computer user do?  Well, as long as you have no programs or hardware that needs more than 1 gig of ram or a 1 gig processor to function, you're fine, but if it does, you're up the creek.
So, what should computer users do?
There are 2 alternatives.
1.  the mac
2.  Linux
If you want to hear the battle of the operating systems, check out



http://www.acbradio.org/archives/mainmenu/mm332.mp3



You can open it or save it and listen later on.
In my opinion and that's all it is folks, I hate Vista, cause there are no menus so you have to type in what program you want, and if you don't know?  well, tough junk.
There are no menus, like in xp.
For the mac, I think it's terrible, because also, no menus.
I'm looking at Linux, because it has menus, so the xp user would at least be use to a menu system.
The problem with Linux is, I hate the synthasizer that was used in the battle.
It sounds robotic, not human, like Tom, Daniel, or Kate or Paul in Windows.
The good thing about Orcah, the screen reader for Linux, and that is, scripts can be written for it, just like for jaws for windows.  also, bugs about the operating system can be fixed in days, or, by the user, (if there savvy enough), in hours.
With Linux, all the software including the screen reader, are free.
So, are there any linux users out there?  Would love to hear from ya.
Another problem with the mac is, that it's a closed operating system, with not many open aps.
The great thing with linux and windows is, the key strokes aren't many, whereas with the mac, you have to press all kinds of key strokes to get it to do what you want it to do.
The great thing with windows is, it's the system most folks use, but it's weakness is, you can't install it yourself very easily.
What I like about Windows is, it has menus in xp, which is great.
What I like about Linux is, you can install it yourself, and it's open source, and this means, anyone can write a program for it, or, change something in the operating system so it benefits all of us.
Also, you can use shortcuts in Linux and windows which is very important.
I will say, the voice in Lepard, is great, very humanlike.
I hate Safari though, there are too many commands.  Tons of commands, just to get to favorites, and in windows, just hit 3 key commands and you're there.
They all take too long to boot up, nobody was better than the other.
I don't like the fact that Linux says what the link is first, then the word link, on web pages
Now Orcah has different synthasizers, so if there's one that's human sounding, someone let us know and give us a link to where we can hear it.
Linux and of course, Jaws, both say the word heading on a web page.
In linux and the mac, no forms mode like jaws and window eyes has, and that's great!
With the mac, the software other than the screen reader costs money, just look on the apple site, but with Linux, it's all free.
Now Pratic, who demoed the Mac, does have some comments on the presentation, and he can come out here and tell yall where the page is with his comments.
So folks, check out the battle of the operating systems and tell the list what you think.
Harry


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