Hey Kevin and all. Bootcampw orks really well with the Macbook Pro. I have it set up on mine with JAWS 7.10 and window-eyes 5.5. There are no problems with the audio apart from when you plug the headphone jack in, it doesn't mute the internal speakers, and keyboard access is a little tricky. You can get round this by adding a usb desktop keyboard. The problems there are that the fn key on the macbook isn't recognised in windows, so there is no way of accessing the numpad which you need for a lot of control on the screenreaders. Also, there is no insert key which is one of the most widely used modifier keys in screenreaders. Having said that, you can use either a windows or an apple keyboard and you get access to the numpad and insert keys. Another thing to bear in mind is that the keys on an apple keyboard are slightly different from the windows one, so that the windows key corresponds to the command key and alt is the option key. At least with jaws you have a keyboard help mode, so if you're not sure, you can always turn that on. Oh there's also a different procedure for ejecting the CD, because of the macbook having a slot drive, there is no button to release the disk, so you have to explore to it, and then choose one of the file menu options to eject it. There doesn't seem to be a 'safely remove hardware' option in the sys tray as with straight on windows machines. Hope this helps.
Cheers Thuy On 01/07/06, Kevin Reeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hey folks. I'm at a turning point in my career where I need to get some new gear for my road music rig. Right now, Pro Tools,Logic, and Garage band aren't accessible with Voice Over, however Gb is more so than the others. What I'm contemplating is to run Sonar 5with Cake Talking for now so I can have a bunch of software synths running for my on-stage performances. Also, I would have a rig goodenough for doing some basic moble recording that I can fly into my older pro tools rig back home. What I'm thinking about is getting the fastest Mac Book Pro on the market, running Bootcamp and putting windows on it and doing it that way. If in a year and a half or so, if things look up for music accessibility on the mac side, I can easily move into that platform without getting another machine. I will be able to install and run Pro Tools, logic,or whatever on the mac side and have no problems. What I want to know is does this make sense, does Jfw work pretty well on the mac with bootcamp? It makes sense to me because I don't want to buy a PC laptop, when ultimately,I want a Mac Book because of it's speed and stability. I don't want to dump money into a machine that runs O S 9, because I can't expand anymore with the Pro Tools soft synths. Nothing is compadible anymore with Pro Tools 5. I wantto be able to use the newest soft synths, and be able to be upgradable, and as oddas it sounds from a guy who loves Pro Tools, Sonar is the more advanced dog in the pack right now from an accessibility standpoint. I'd really love your thoughts on this, as I am looking at drawing up the loan paperwork very soon. Thanks for any help you can provide.
