[macvoiceover] Re: good old good old question, MBP or MBA
- From: rhonda cruz <rhondaprincess@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 09:26:04 -0700
Hello joeann,
i really like the mac.
it is a good computer.
smile.
i only use voice over. and i think it is a great screen reader.
On Jun 18, 2012, at 3:04 AM, Suzanne Erb wrote:
> Great testimony! I also understand, Joanne that you have some vision, so you
> really my well find that Zoom zooms for you. And if you are anywhere near an
> Apple store, you can play with the magnification, as well.
> I still keep learning new ways of doing things with my Mac, and I have
> found that there is lots of good documentation, both in in written and
> podcast form. Good luck!
> Suzanne
> On Jun 18, 2012, at 1:43 AM, David Chittenden wrote:
>
>> Hello Joanne,
>>
>> I switched from a Sony Subnotebook Laptop with a 13 inch display, 2.56
>> dual-core processor, 4 GB ram, and a 128 GB HD running Windows Vista last
>> year, to an MBA 11 inch with 4GB RAM, a 128GB flash drive, and upgraded to
>> the I7 processor.
>>
>> For my screen reader, I used Jaws and System Access. My system started
>> bogging down when I had more than 6 office word documents, an excel
>> spreadsheet document, one instance of internet explorer, and outlook running
>> at the same time. If I closed Jaws and ran System Access, I could get a
>> couple more programs running. However, I needed to completely shut down at
>> the end of the day. Standby would only work a couple times before things
>> became corrupt. Oh, and the system weighed about 4 pounds.
>>
>> I am now in a doctoral programme at Massey University in New Zealand. My MBA
>> only weighs a bit over 2 pounds, so it is really easy to carry around with
>> me. When doing major research, I have 8 to 10 Web pages open in Safari, Mail
>> open, 4 PDF documents open, 4 pages documents open, 6 RTF or TXT documents
>> open in Text Edit, iTunes syncing and charging my iPhone, 3 incidents of
>> finder running, and EndNote running to handle my references for citations. I
>> regularly go in to standby by closing the lid, and have kept this mess
>> running for two weeks without a reboot, and with no problems. Note: and this
>> included standby every day as I will not leave my MBA in my little workspace
>> at the university.
>>
>> Yes, I am very impressed with the power of my little MBA 11 inch. And,
>> remember, it is slightly lower powered than my Sony was, but much more
>> stable and powerful.
>>
>> I do not do sound editing or picture editing, so cannot comment, but suspect
>> those would not be a problem considering what I have already thrown at my
>> MBA.
>>
>> Good luck,
>>
>>
>> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
>> Email: dchittenden@xxxxxxxxx
>> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 18/06/2012, at 12:05, Joanne Chua <shuang.angel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I guess by now some of you may have feel totally frustrated with me,
>>> as i bringing this out every so often...
>>> I'm about to get a mac laptop, in the next few days.
>>> But i'm torn between MBP 13inch and MBA.
>>> my question is, what Mac will be the best? Either the MBP13inch,
>>> MBA13inch with 128GB, or MBA11Inch 128GB?
>>> I know the spects for all these three are very similar, and i also
>>> know that MBA will operate somewhat faster in live time compare to
>>> MBP, more portable, etc. I also know that mbp is great for post
>>> processing, and heavy duty usage such as vedeo edditing etc etc.
>>> As this will be the very first Mac notebook that i own, and coming
>>> from the windows screen reader for laptop background, i'm interested
>>> to know, if voiceover will slow any of the mbp or mba down from the
>>> specs performance?
>>> As my windows brain kick in, sort of telling me that the greater
>>> processer, memory, will be better as far as screen reader is concern.
>>>
>>> i'll mainly using it for studying e.g. research, browsing, word
>>> processer etc purposes, however, i also uses it for audio edditing,
>>> and basic photo edditing as well.
>>>
>>> The size of the storage doesn't really effect me as much, however, who
>>> would say no to a bigger size harddrive? The optical drive also not
>>> the priority, as i have a 4 year old IMac sitting at home as my
>>> desttop.
>>>
>>> All of your advice is very much appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Joanne
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