[access-uk] Re: Updating a Mac was, Apps for the Mac, was New voices for the next apple operating system

  • From: Gordon Keen <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 19 May 2011 20:20:03 +0100

Hi

When I upgraded from leopard to snow leopard it cost me thirty quid but that 
included the upgrade to voice over so it cost me just the same as a sighted 
person to upgrade - I couldn't argue with that!

When switching to apple you really need to get your head around the fact that 
accessibility is a given and this is at the heart of the apple philosophy - 
they are not paying lip service and they are not trying to make a fast profit 
out of you because you are blind.

Scary isn't it?

G

From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, england.
Catch the buzz at http://www.bridgerule.co.uk

On 19 May 2011, at 19:54, Jackie Cairns wrote:

> Hi Andy
> 
> I have never upgraded a Mac, and neither has Martin.  We have both only done
> software updates to the existing operating system as you do on Windows.  But
> we have never paid for any upgrades.  I understand there is a major upgrade
> coming out later this year, but don't know how much it will cost.  Gordon,
> being much more experienced than either of us, could enlighten?
> 
> But when you think of the money we have paid over the years to constantly
> update JAWS, it runs into thousands if you count the SMAs, and I don't think
> anyone using a Mac would claim to have forked out a quarter of that sum.  I
> guess Apple recoups its money by charging more for its products at the
> outset.  Let's face it, there isn't such a thing as a free lunch with these
> companies.  I commend Apple's accessibility approach, but you do pay for it
> when buying their products because they cost more.
> 
> 

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