Wow that's cool. Yeah I will get one in the future. Can you give me your
number off list for when I do get one? Cause like I said I well get one, I
don't need 2 PC's I would rather have 1 Vista PC and a MAC with Leopard.

-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of VaShaun Jones
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 12:50 AM
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by
theblind
Subject: Re: Mac with Windows OS and Jaws


Not to change your mind about buying a Windows box because I have a  
total of 5 newly purchased Windows laptops but if you get a Mac it is  
easy to learn, set up and configure. If missing e-mails is your only  
main concern then give yourself two hours and call me and I will get  
you through it.In two hours I can just about guarantee you will be up  
and running with mail and basic navigation. I have learned more than I  
have ever did about a Mac in 3 months than in 10 years on Windows  
machines. It is easy and fun once you wrap your head around it. I  
would buy a copy of Windows and with the money you save buy more RAM,  
faster processor or a bigger hard drive. This is coming from a Windows  
fan of 15 or so years.
On Dec 8, 2007, at 9:06 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:

> Hello Scot. It's Hamit again. I just asked because what with people
> talking
> of XP running faster on a MAC then a PC I was curious as to this  
> applying to
> Vista. The only reason that I asked about being able to run Windows  
> on the
> MAC ruining the fun of having a MAC is because the way I see it is  
> that
> would be like turning the MAC into a PC in a sense.  So what would  
> be the
> point of getting one if you are going to do that? Plus one if not  
> the main
> reason I'd like a MAC is because I want to use the CD burning  
> program Sam
> Britton talked about on the blind cool tech pod cast called Dragon  
> Burn. It
> sounded really cool because of the ability you have to record live  
> on a CD.
> Encase you wandered which MAC I will get because I've made up my  
> mind and I
> will get one, I'm going to get an iMAC. They are so hot. I really  
> liked
> them.  Scot Howell convinced me to get one in a way with his 2 part  
> pod cast
> of a MAC too. I'll get one after I get a Vista PC though. You see I  
> have no
> clue as how to use a MAC accept for a few things and I can't afford  
> and
> don't want to miss out on any E-mails while learning one. So that's  
> why a
> Vista PC is my first goal. I have 2 PC's by the way and so I'll  
> replace one
> of these 2 junky old PC's with an iMAC. That's all, hope to hear  
> from you
> soon.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott
> Chesworth
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 2:39 AM
> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS  
> Xby
> theblind
> Subject: Re: Mac with Windows OS and Jaws
>
>
> Hamit - couldn't tell you about Vista and Jaws 9 because I have  
> neither.
> from everything I've read, Jaws 9 should be fine, Vista is still  
> buggy under
>
> virtualisation and the graphics support seems lacking to look at, so  
> no idea
>
> if it'd play nice with screen readers yet. If you try this, let us  
> know how
> you get on and go in to it not expecting miricals.
>
> As for Windows ruining the mac, many many purists think so. I've  
> seen people
>
> who own everything from mini's through to macbook pros and use  
> windows on
> them almost exclusively. Their argument is that it's just like  
> having a
> windows box with cooler hardware. That to me feels like they're  
> missing out,
>
> but what I'm trying to say is that it's different strokes for  
> different
> folks. Personally, I find the ability to run both OS's at a snap  
> quite cool,
>
> and every time I restart back in to mac os I get a feeling of relief  
> haha.
> Find your own balance that makes it easiest for you to do whatever  
> you need
> your mac to do, and ignore the purests.
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Hamit Campos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac  
> OS Xby
> theblind'" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 4:07 AM
> Subject: RE: Mac with Windows OS and Jaws
>
>
> What about Vista and Jaws 9? I don't remember that being brought up.  
> I'd be
> curious to know just how that works. Just as a quick side question.  
> Don't
> you guys think that putting Windows on a MAC kind of ruins the fun  
> of having
> one?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon Keen
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 3:12 PM
> To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS  
> X by
> theblind
> Subject: Re: Mac with Windows OS and Jaws
>
>
> Oo!   Oo!
> Who delurked me?
>
> Blinking in bright light and gulping rather nervously.
>
> Um, right, well I have - sort of.
> What I mean is my son has set my mac book up so I can dual boot, if I
> do nothing it goes in to, spit, windows.   If I hit option key it goes
> to, sigh, leopard and voice over.
>
> The sad thing is I know nothing other than I can at last free myself  
> from
> the dark lord of Seattle and have the tools to defeat the dark arts.
>
> Here's a thing though my son is a software architect who uses  a mac  
> to do
> his job and has been encouraging me to dump microsludge for a
> while now.   He works for a mapping solutions company here in the U.K.
> called multimap.com and has been active in web accessibility on my and
> other blind computer users behalf for some years now.   He is very
> involved in web 2.0 here in the U.K. but when I can blackmail him in  
> to
> doing something for his dear old Dad he is frightfully good about it,
> currently he is engaged in reverse engineering a tool for reading  
> talking
> newspapers with his pearl script skills and hopefully I will be able  
> to make
> this available to other users of T.N.A.U.K publications in the U.K.  
> soon.
>
> Oh dear I do seem to have gone on rather a lot, forgive a garrulous  
> old fool
> who really prefers lurking in the background.
>
> Cheers
> G
> From glorious Devon, England.
> a
> On 7 Dec 2007, at 19:24, L. T. Reed wrote:
>
>> Has anybody installed Windows XP and Jaws on their Macx and
>> successfully used them.  Any problems?
>>
>> Ted Reed.
>
> Gordon Keen
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> That's it for now.
>
>
>
>
>
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