[bcab] Re: Are Macs viable for VIs?

MessageHi Geoff

I've used Macs since the 128K, with large screens as the sight went. They are 
usually brilliant if you have a special use for them which a particular program 
supports - for example, if you wanted to DTP in the 90s then the Mac was the 
clear machine to use. If you are seriously into sound engineering then get a 
Mac to run SoundTools, and so on.

Any specialist hardware that you want that isdesigned to work on the Mac just 
works - period. It is truly plug and play.

I find the PC is superior for general office tasks and programming. Also you 
can get cheaper bits for the PC (usually of poorer quality). There is a much 
wider choice of PC hardware and software.

Buy both!

Tony

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Geoff Madge IS Contracts Manager 
  To: 'bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' 
  Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 2:08 PM
  Subject: [bcab] Re: Are Macs viable for VIs?


  Tristram,

  Thanks very much for the insight on this.  I would like to know whether Macs 
are as good as everybody who uses them keep telling me they are.  What do you 
think?





  Regards,

  Geoff Madge
  Contracts Manager
  Information Services
  Essex County Council
  County Hall
  Chelmsford CM1 1LX
  Tel 01245 431332 (Ednet 21332)
  Email geoff.madge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  -----Original Message-----
  From: bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bcab-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Tristram Llewellyn
  Sent: 29 January 2007 10:49
  To: bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [bcab] Re: Are Macs viable for VIs?


  Being a Mac owner and knowing a thing or two about screen readers I would say 
in general it is isn't viable yet.  There are still a lot of things tbat are 
not accessible.  It may be worth holding off until you see OS 10.5 and guage 
opinion from there, whilst publically they have announced the improvements made 
to VoiceOver application support was not one of them unless they are keeping 
something back.  Ironically at present Apples iTunes is less accessible on a 
Mac than it is on a PC.

  Regards.

  Tristram Llewellyn
  Sight and Sound Technology
  Technical Support
  www.sightandsound.co.uk

    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Geoff Madge IS Contracts Manager 
    To: 'bcab@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' 
    Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:31 AM
    Subject: [bcab] Are Macs viable for VIs?


    Hello All.

    I am considering buying a new system at home and I am interested to know if 
anybody is using a Mac successfully as their home system.  Is OSX 10.4 and all 
the associated applications accessible to a totally blind person now?  Also, 
can it support braille output reliably.  I look forward to hearing views both 
for and against.


    Regards,

    Geoff Madge
    Contracts Manager
    Information Services
    Essex County Council
    County Hall
    Chelmsford CM1 1LX
    Tel 01245 431332 (Ednet 21332)
    Email geoff.madge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx




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