I'm afraid the answer to that is highly technical.  The
processors are quite different, and rather akin to putting a
Boing 747 engine into a Chevrolet.

George.

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: 23 August 2008 23:58
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VICUG-L] Vista problem with JAWS

Well, I will call them Monday and if all else fails I'm
going to return
that computer and exchange it for 32 BIT.  What is the
difference and why
won't 64 work with JAWS or anything else?





On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, George Bell wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> Sorry but I'm afraid JAWS will not work with 64 bit
Windows.
>
> In fact, I don't believe there is any screen reader which
> will work with 64 bit Windows.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeff
Kenyon
> Sent: 23 August 2008 23:41
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Vista problem with JAWS
>
> Hi everyone, I got my new laptop last night and I have
Vista
> with it, but
> whenever I install or try to install  JAWS I am told that
> JAWS will not
> work with a 64 BIT system.  Is there anything I can do at
> all short of
> returning the computer and exchanging it for a 32 BITT
> system?
>
>
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