I'm confused about your statement "beyond  being expected to buy an 
architecture they cannot use as advertised." The 64-bit architecture 
supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. This is as 
advertised, and as it should be. I guess the complaint could be that 
your screen reader choices for 64-bit Windows is limited or 
non-existent. This may be a legitimate complaint, but it's not the fault 
of the architecture or the operating system. In fact, you want the 
architecture to support both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems so you 
could migrate to a 64-bit environment in stages. You can move to 64-bit 
hardware and continue running your 32-bit operating system while you're 
waiting for applications and device drivers to be ported over to the 
64-bit operating system. I also don't think that anyone is paying more 
for a 64-bit system right now than they paid for a 32-bit system.
 
Dorene Cornwell wrote:
>
> Hi Peter and all
>  
>  
> There was just an item on Blind Programming about this within the last 
> couple weeks. The tools you mention will run if you a run a 32-bit 
> version of the operating system. People who had firsthand experience 
> doing that seemed not to have complaints beyond  being expected to buy 
> an architecture they cannot use as advertised.
>  
>  
> Best
>  
> Dorene Cornwell
> Seattle WA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Altschul <[log in to unmask]>
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> My wife and I wanted to give you-all a heads-up based on our 
> experience buying a new desktop computer.  By accident, we purchased a 
> 64-bit computer only to find that Zoomtext, Magic, and other adaptive 
> technologies would not work.  So, we will return the computer for a 
> 32-bit model tomorrow.
>  
> Best, Peter
>  
>  
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