I can answer your last question as far as the learning curve goes. For
me it was pretty simple as soon as I ran across most situations like
pop-ups, interactions and scroll areas. It looks and feels different
and to some they equate this to being harder. For the most part the
actions that are done makes since for a sighted person as well as for
the blind. I have been on the Mac for 4 months and love it to the
point that I have all 5 of my professional Windows boxes for sale. Yes
you have to buy software that does allot of other non standard
operating stuff but man is it worth it! Take Audio Hijack Pro for
example, it is a life saver. Also most applications are free,
accessible for the most part and just work. Never the less if you want
more clarification you can contact me off list and I can give you a
apples to apples comparison to your OS if you like.
On Jan 13, 2008, at 4:56 PM, Peter Apgar wrote:
hello all,
as I have followed the list for several months now I am not so sure
on the
ease of use of a Mac. from a non user with an open mind, I have
concerns
that the os needs many extras loaded to do normal activities. for
example
does a mack need to have out side software to burn DVD's or cd's and
can you
just highlight items and paste the given items into the DVD drive
and poop
they will burn? is editing as simple as stopping the reader and
adding
more text to a given sentence?is there a read all in the active window
command? and for normal use is there quite a number of hot keys to
memorize
to be able to open edit and save, other then using say a tool bar?
is there
a quick way to read mail, with out doing different command
interactions? is
there a hot key that we can use for spell check in any program?
also what is the learning curve like transferring from a PC?
thanks,
Pete
