Jason, Your thinking is correct. You can only get a macbook in 13 not a macbook pro and a Macbook air is too airy for your needs. The 17" backlit display is the berries for you and that 2000gb hd and 4 g of ram would fit your needs nicely. We have one of those puppies and it is sleek and fast. The 200gb 7200rpm hd is quite fast. I went with that rather than the larger slower drive because of the need for speed for the purpose of running windows to the Max.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Custer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind'" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 28, 2008 12:32 AM Subject: RE: first Mac, lots of questions. Thank you all for your help! I had thought of a 17-inch screen for teaching magnification software, allowing for more real-estate. Are there any high partials using the 13 or 15 inch screens? Is it useable? What about the Macbook air? Vashaun, I would enjoy discussing this on skype, but I don't see your address to drop you a line. What am I missing? Thanks, Jason -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of vashaun jones Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2008 5:20 PM To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind Subject: Re: first Mac, lots of questions. Yeah, sorry about that. Some where I thought I saw it for $79, but like I said I wasn't sure. I guess I need to add more money to my Pay Pal account. On Apr 27, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > Readiris retails for $130, but is frequently available for less on > special, or with rebates. Links to much of the software you are > asking about can be found in the Top Software Picks section of > http://www.Lioncourt.com > > Josh de Lioncourt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ...my other mail provider is an owl... > > > > On 27 Apr, 2008, at 4:49 PM, vashaun jones wrote: > >> One of the first things I would say is that the 15 inch for >> portability is going to be better for you. You will not get a speed >> increase just because it's 17 inches. For the scanner I use a Canon >> Canoscan LIDE 500F and it weighs less than 2 lb.. Readiris is the >> scanning software that most use and it's about $79 if I'm not >> mistaken. MS Word or Office for that matter isn't accessible but >> alternatives would be Text Edit, Bean and Nisus Writer Pro for word >> processing Tables for spread sheets. As far as the hard drive goes I >> like the faster 7500 RPM drive but that's because I'm a geek and >> because it's faster. I I have a bag that holds two laptops a scanner >> and a Canon portable printer with all the cords that looks like two >> standard laptop bags put together with wheels like your heavy duty >> luggage would have. I can't think of the name but it cost around >> $119. That's all I can answer for now but others will weigh in >> shortly I'm sure. OH yeah the keyboard...I have Bluetooth ones for >> home use and the Apple wired aluminum keyboard for travel along with >> a similulary thin windows keyboard that's USB as well. I do this >> because I don't want to worry about batteries on the road when it's >> critical. And for training on the Mac using Windows the Bootcamp >> feature of Leopard is the way to go and for fun you can run machines >> virtually for a side by side comparison of your splendor of OS's. I >> have several Windows machines from Vista to XP running multiple >> screen readers about 5 in total. Also upgrade your RAM but don't do >> it through Apple because they will charge you a small fortune. Go >> through a company like crusial.com. I hope this helps you and if you >> would like to talk on Skype or something then drop me a line off list >> and we can talk. I do exactly what you want to do so I'm sure I can >> assist.
