I don't know whether this would help you or not but I'm sure there's
a preference under keyboards under system preferences to reverse the
function of the FN key? That is to say, the function keys are enabled
and if you press the FN key along with one of the function keys, you
get the control of the hardware that the particular key is assigned
to normally, say f1 dims the display etc.
On 02/07/2006, at 11:44 PM, Thuy wrote:
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.
