The real question is, would anyone care to lay odds on Microsoft's supporting the Apple hardware inside those units?
-C- -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brent Harding Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 1:52 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind Subject: Re: mac running windows XP I would guess the new Intel Mac could have windows and Tiger both installed in a dual boot setup. I think they're too new yet for people to have tried it, not sure if any were sold yet since they're about 2 days after announcement. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: Re: mac running windows XP > I've got a couple of things to say here. > > The Mac is over all less expensive than the pc. Since when did states > have so much money as to ignore this fact? > > What will make the Mac more suseptable to attack is windows, not the > chip. > > Employability is in the eye of the potential employer and if you stick to > your three majors, I see nothing standing in your way. So What, you get > a job that requires a pc, you use a pc. We're talking about getting you > outfitted for your education and none of us has a chrystal ball beyond > that not even MR. Clark. > > Now, this bit about compatability I do not understand. I run a Mac on my > network along with pcs. We swap and view files across the network > written in word and text edit all the time. Word is just another flavor > like chocolate. If you like it, you eat it. > > Actually, vo has been upgraded several times this year. Everytime the os > is upgraded which has happened at least three times including just > yesterday to my knowledge. Yep, vo is not a screen reader. > > On the issue of suport, What does Mr. Clark do for a living? Why could > he not support the mac? > > > -- > Jonnie Apple Seed > With his: > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > > > On Jan 12, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Justin Harford wrote: > > Hi guys > > Could someone here do me a favor. I just got done with my meeting at the > department of rehabilitation, and they have flatly denied my request for > a mac. their points: > > 1. my converting to Mac would make me less employable since most of > employment revolves around windows. > 2. Mac won't be able to exchange information with windows since it uses > different programs than microsoft office. They really asserted that Mac > wouldn't > be useful because Voice Over does not work with microsoft word. > 3. Mr. Clark asserted that last year, Freedom Scientific made 2 upgrades > to Jaws, and that in 6 months, Voice Over has made none. > 4. They think that depending on my major (presently to be either Law, > History, or Spanish), graduate programs may require special software only > usable > with windows. They brought up statistics as an example. If I were to go > into administration as a vocation, I would probably have to take > statistics classes. > 5. Mr. Clark asserted that while at present, mac is less suseptible to > viruses, that this will change with the introduction of its intel > processors. > 6. I think a primary argument was that there wouldn't be as much support > for mac as for windows should the system need repair since 90 percent of > blind > people use the latter. > > Of course, I was able to answer to all 6 of the above, but you see, the > organization of my department is different from others. It is not a > simple one on one counselor student relationship. Since my counselor > feels that she has insuficient knowledge in the world of technology, she > has hired a separate person, Steve Clark, to handle that. She places her > undying trust in Mr. Clark, and blindly follows his advice. I think that > their main point (aside from number 6) is that they think that there will > be programs that only run on windows XP with JAWS, and that I will be out > of luck with my Mac should I need one of those for a certain class. > Okay, so here is my favor. > > If I can prove that Mac may support XP too, then I might have a stronger > argument. So, is there anyone on this list who has tried JAWS with XP on > their Mac? If not, could someone give it a try. I couldn't immagine > that you would have to buy the program, just download the 40 minute demo > off the net, and try that. Thanks for any help I may receive. > > > >
