[macvoiceover] Re: Recommendations on which Mac to get if I want one.
- From: Marcy Weinberg <rhymingmom1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:37:48 -0500
I absolutely agree.
Just start with a clean slate, and learn the MAC os and voiceover from the
ground up, building knowledge upon knowledge.
Comparing how you did something in windows to how you can do it on the MAC will
only serve to make things more confusing.
The MAC is a different subject and it need to be learned that way.
On Jan 30, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
> I agree. If you switch to the mac with the mindset that you are looking for
> something similar to Vista, you will either fail or take a very, very long
> time to do anything productive with your new computer. I know it sounds
> rather stupid, but just forget about everything you know about your windows
> machine and learn voiceover. Then you will really be able to decide if you
> like it better or not.
> On Jan 29, 2010, at 10:27 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
>
>> If money isn't too much of an issue, you really can't go wrong with a
>> macbook pro. I believe that start at $1199. Go to the apple site and mess
>> around with the configurations. As far as being like windows vista home
>> premium, the mac operating system is just a different animal. There are
>> some similarities between the 2 OS's but there just very different in the
>> way you go about using them. Especially when putting into account the
>> screenreaders. Voiceover is like nothing you would have used on windows.
>>
>> hth
>> On Jan 29, 2010, at 9:52 AM, Daniel McGee wrote:
>>
>>> Hi everyone, I have another question. In all of your personal opations
>>> which Mac would you recommend to get for a person swiching over from
>>> windows? I can't see the screen I've heard of one called a mac mini which
>>> is just the box so to speak you don't need to buy a monitor which sounds
>>> cool. But someone told me once I can't remember which version of the Mac
>>> was it but is it true that in one of tthe versions you can't burn audio
>>> CD's Or it might be that you can't burn DVD's i'm not sure. That's just a
>>> fact I would like to clear up. And my main question is what version would
>>> you recommend for me? If it helps I have a windows Vista Home premium
>>> addition. So i'm kind of looking for a Mac that's similar to home premium.
>>> Of course its always nice to have a faster processor. lol I don't want to
>>> get an I mac because I already have a desktop computer so I can rule out
>>> the IMac desktop computer.
>>> I'll await your comments and Recommendations.
>>> Many Thanks
>>> Daniel
>>
>
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