Hi there Edu,
I have actually just been working with a guy called Fabiano from
Brazil who is over here in Australia as a cadet Guide Dog instructor
who wants to start a school in Brazil. Small world?
I think that before you make the decision to leap the pond to a Mac
you should look at what things you want to be able to do with your
mac. Perhaps you could put together a list of programs you currently
use and ask this list which of those have equivalents on the mac that
are voiceover compatible. The good thing about a mac is that for those
programs that don't currently have a mac alternative you can always
run windows on the same machine through bootcamp.
In terms of the different computers around there are basically 2 main
types. A desktop or a laptop. The desktops come in a few different
versions, the Mac mini, the iMac and I think the big one is the Mac
Pro. Then in laptops there are two main categories, the MacBook and
the MacBook Pro. The MacBooks are your basic version. The various
different models have different cd drives, and hard disc sizes. The
Mac Book pros are for editing and stuff and I think have better
graphics cards and more inputs (where you can plug stuff in)
I just went into my Mac store, told them what I would be using my
machine for and told them I didn't want much internal storage space so
I ended up with the middle size MacBook - the one with the dual CD /
DVD burner. It is suiting my needs perfectly.
Take Care,
From Penny
