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Sun, 13 Jul 2014 05:27:36 -0400
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So, do you have a wordprocessor spreadsheet program there that would be compatible with everything else?

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> On Jul 13, 2014, at 3:36 AM, Harry Brown <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
>    Hi all,
> I haven’t written because in the last 2 weeks, what a huge change of events!
> The last time I wrote to you all, I thought I had my windows 7 laptop fixed. Well, that next Saturday night, I was doing some work, and all the sudden, Microsoft wanted to give me a huge update, so, I accepted it.
> Well, after it updated, it wanted to restart, like it usually does, so, I said, “sure, go ahead.”
> Well, what a nightmare. It did update, but then it just sat there, and I didn’t know what it was doing for a long, long time. So, I did a hard shirt down, and restarted the computer, but what a mess. Jaws started, but then, it just kept rebooting and rebooting, over and over, again.
> I said, enough with Windows! I had it with all it’s updates, and its quirks, and now this rebooting after getting a microsoft update.
> So, I called my friend Larry, and asked him, “You still got that Mac Minni you wanted to give to me?”
> “I sure do”, he said.”
> “I am ready for it,” I said.
> So, last Saturday, a week ago, it was delivered to me, and I haven’t looked back!
> I haven’t had lockups and freeze ups, and programs running in the background which use to slow down my typing, and the Alex voice, which actually takes a breath, when he’s reading, so it sounds like a person, in Voice Over, is incredible.
> I’m doing email now, both reading and originating emails.
> I’ve haven the time of my life.
> Right now, I’m on my blue tooth keyboard, in my bedroom, just sitting here, typing this to y’all.
> It’s so nice to use a built in screen reader that does everything I could possibly want.
> So, who knows where I’ll go from here, but I’m looking forward to my next step.
> Harry
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