Hi. The closest voice to eloquence is probably Fred, which comes with
the mac. I've never had 60 windows open, admitedly, that is quite a
few windows, so not sure on that one, but the mac operating system
does manage memory quite well. As far as the hard drive crashing, I've
never heard of hard drives crashing that much, even on windows
computers. All I can say there is give it a try and see how it works
for you. There are other voices you can purchase for the mac, they
arethe Acapela voices, but they are more human sounding, so you may
not like these.
On Nov 15, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Tasha Raella Chemel wrote:
Hi list, I'm thinking about possibly getting a mac, but I had a few
questions.
1. One of the biggest problems i have with my dell laptop is that
when I have too many windows open (maybe sixty or so) the system
will start beeping constantly, and the only way to stop the beeping
is to restart. i have a two gig processor with one gig of ram. I
know I probably should not have this many windows open, but as I'm
sure you all know, it's easy to let the windows pile up and forget
to close them. My question: If i got a mac with high specs (maybe
two or fourg gigs of memory) would it be better about having that
many windows open?
2. Hard drive crashes: my dell laptop usually crashes about twice a
year, and I need to get a new hard drive. granted, i'm a very heavy
user and I'm sure the system gets banged around more than what's
good for it. my question is, if I get a mac, are hard drive crashes
less frequent? any thoughts about whether the pro is more durable
than the macbook? (the new macbooks also have the aluminum casing)
3. Voices. I've heard a sample of the Alex voice, and am not
impressed. It has the same weird emphases and prenunciations as a
lot of the more 'human-sounding" tts's i've heard. are there other
voices that either come on the mac or that i can buy separately that
are comparable to eloquence in that they might sound robotic, but
they are responsive and don't have any weird clicks/emphases? It's
going to be very hard for me to give up eloquence. even viavoice,
which i know you can get for the mac, doesn't compare at all.
Thanks, Tasha
