dunno, I do a lot of business on my Mac. ----- Original Message ----- From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 8:35 PM Subject: Re: Questions from a potential Mac user!
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 >
