trust me, you are better off buying a new one and getting the apple care
plan.
On Nov 6, 2009, at 6:46 AM, dennis wrote:
thank you for all your thoughts please keep them coming. i am seriously
considering bying a mac. It does seem a little more then a desk top it
will run me about $799 for one with a 500 gb hard drive and two gig of
ram. if anyone knows of someone who is selling one please email me at
dennisl1982@xxxxxxxxx
dennis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 6:33 AM
Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: macs vs pcs
Hi,
Also, coming from the world of extreme geekdom, research and trying to
use a crystal ball to design future user interfaces, Apple on
computers, entertainment products (iPod, Apple TV) and
telecommunications (iPhone), is the only company I know of that is
actively applying universal design principals to an entire product
line. If you start with VoiceOver on a Mac and later get an iPhone or
iPod, you will find the interface designed for people with vision
impairment to be fairly consistent with the differences being apropos
to the device being used.
With its iPhone 3G s and Macintosh Snow Leopard releases, Apple has
raised the bar in UI for our population by adding a second dimension
which makes navigating much more efficient when you get used to it.
Apple hardware are also things of beauty. They are much more well
constructed and use much better components than all but Sony and
Toshiba whose very expensive (much more than most Macs) hardware is
similar but you still need to spend an extra grand for JAWS.
At my presentation at ACB Mid-Atlantic convention this past Saturday,
I included the funny (to a geek at least) line, "I paid the same for
VoiceOver as I would have for JAWS and, for an extra hundred bucks,
Apple through in a MacBook Pro!" In reality, VO is at least as good
as either JAWS or Window-Eyes in most areas and it's rapidly
improving. JAWS remains the leader among obscure, niche and
proprietary corporate applications. JAWS also does the best with
really rich Web 2.0 applications like googledocs so, if these are
important to you, you will probably be better off waiting to jump on
the Apple bandwagon; if, however, you are like the 95% of the
population that uses relatively standard programs, the Mac is more
reliable (I once kept a MacBook 13 turned on without a reboot for over
45 days - most Windows screen readers would be happy with a day or two
at the most).
I hope this little rant holds some value for its readers, I've still
had less than a few sips of coffee and I've a cold and have a bit of
Alka Seltzer Plus head too.
Happy Hacking,
cdh
On Nov 6, 2009, at 12:18 AM, Ignasi Cambra wrote:
And this is priceless. Even if you don't get a mac, learn how to use
VO. There are public mac workstations in many many libraries and
other places. It really was a new experience to me the firs time that
I stopped by one of those, turned VO on and checked my email just
like anyone else.
On Nov 5, 2009, at 9:34 PM, carlene knight wrote:
You also have speech on virtually any mac, no thumb drives or
dongles are needed. On Nov 4, 2009, at 4:19 PM, Marty Rimpau wrote:
Hi Dennis, you have no ad ware, or spywareto worry about on the
mac, and though macs are largely restricted to apple hardware, they
are built better, and also, no viruses to worry about either, just
some of the reasons for a mac over a pc.
On Nov 4, 2009, at 11:37 AM, dennis wrote:
could someone who switched to a mac from a pc tell me what is
better about a mac? what am i lookin at price wise? your
thoughts ar appreciated.
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