This is coming from a 13 year Windows user. Four years of the 13
years I was sighted. The first thing you have to release is that
Windows are gaming and business machines and Mac's are home machines
primarily. I have only been using my Mac since August 23rd of this
year and I have done more on the Mac than I have ever done on my
Windows machine. Yes there is a learning curve, but I swear it is
fun. Most things are simple, lots of built in help and more friendly
applications. Safari will be better and Word documents can be
transfered back and fortth between Windows users with no problem.
This includes editing and formatting. You do know you can even run
Windows on the Mac, don't you? What the big deal is when it comes to
Mac's are the lack of viruses, major system crashes, no register to
fix and accessibility is system wide, built in and free. I don't know
about watching TV, but I am sure it can be done. I can't think of any
reason to stay on Windows unless you have to for work and even then
you can run Vista, XP, Linux on your Mac or all at the same time. If
you have any questions feel free to send me a mail piece and I would
be happy to answer any questions you might have. If you ask your
friend if he would go to the Window and look out again I am sure he
will tell you no. That is to say once you go Mac you never go back....
On Oct 16, 2007, at 6:20 PM, Rob DeZonia wrote:
Hi everyone,
I don't want these questions to sound adversarial, let me
start out by saying that out front. I am genuinely curious about
checking out a Mac as a change. I will be going to our local Mac
store Saturday.
Here are my questions. I've been reading the list for a few
days to get a feel for the operating system and potential problems
people are having. It seems that all things are not accessible in
Safari, e.g. the comment about NFL Field Pass. Also, Firefox does
not appear to work well. I have yet to even hear if there is an
Internet explorer for the Mac.
Also, there appears to be no word processor that works with
Microsoft Word, and if I'm wrong about that maybe I misread.
I guess my question is, what is so special about Macs, other
than Apple took the initiative to actually include a screenreader
in it's operating system. That, by the way is a huge step, and I
applauded them for going somewhere where Microsoft has not even
ventured, I don't care what they say about narrator. lol
Anyway, like I said I'm not being argumentative, I do want to
be convinced, and with the imminent release of Leopard it sounds
like things are even rosier in Apple's accessibility future.
Oh another question, what about everyday tasks like burning
cds, converting between different sound file types, and yes, even
sound editing?
Thanks for being patient, but if I'm going to learn a whole
new way of doing things, I want to be fired up for it.
By the way, I was exactly the same way when I was dragged
screaming and kicking from Dos to Windows. lol Thanks for your
input.
When push comes to shove, a whole computer (Mac mini) for 600
bucks beats the heck out of paying for Window-eyes upgrades the
rest of my freakin life, that's almost reason enough. *grin*
Oh sorry, one more question, are there TV tuner cards for the
Mac? I like recording shows on the computer when I'm not at home
and I would definitely miss that if I
were to switch over.
Thanks for your time and input.
Rob
