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

  • From: Tristram Llewellyn <tristram.llewellyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 08:20:22 +0000

The £30 price tag was a bit of a surprise to most long term user's and that was 
only for the upgrade version and would not install on a clean disk.  The 
upgrade from Panther to Leopard was nowhere as cheap whatever way you looked at 
it.  The price was somewhat in recognition that there were few visible user 
oriented features and Apple were willing to massively discount against 
hardware.  I wouldn't necessarily bank on Lion being quite as cheap.

Regards.

Tristram Llewellyn
Technical Support
Sight and Sound Technology



-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of 
ANDY COLLINS
Sent: 19 May 2011 21:02
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Updating a Mac was, Apps for the Mac, was New voices 
for the next apple operating system

Gordon - Was that upgrade from Leopard to Snow Leopard a full upgrade, 
equivalent to upgrading from Windows XP to Vista say? -

Andy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Keen" <gordonkeen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 8:20 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Updating a Mac was, Apps for the Mac, was New 
voices for the next apple operating system


> 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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