Thanks, given your response and josh's I think that the next time I post it may be from a Mac store with American express card in hand.
Thanks for the positive assistance, . Pete -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Shaun Jones Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 5:37 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: honest comparison? 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 > >
