I've asked humanware about this several times. we are working on this from the apple side.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Amber Boggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 8:21 PM Subject: Re: Help me decide - macbook or macbook pro Have you asked human ware art thou if they are working on getting macs to see the stream? Amber ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Poehlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 3:52 AM Subject: Re: Help me decide - macbook or macbook pro > The new macbook will do fine. You don't need a macbook pro. If I didn't > need windows for my job, I wouldn't be using it because I can scan and > word > process etcettera just fine. The only thing that hands me up is some web > sites. I can't get the Mac to see my victor reader stream but I can use a > card reader so that's not a big issue. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charlie Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2008 5:57 AM > Subject: Help me decide - macbook or macbook pro > > > Hey girls and guys > > Hope you are all doing well. I have a bit of a situation and I wouldn't > mind > some thoughts if you have the time. > > I am moving onto campus for uni next year, meaning my imac is staying at > home, and my laptop is going to uni. The only thing is my laptop is a PC > and > I can not live without a mac (can you say material girl?). I really only > use > the PC for Jaws and zoomtext when voiceover and the mac can't do something > I > need (like OCR - i hate the software you can get for OCR on a mac) and a > few > other things. So I am on my mac the majority of the time. > > The thing is I don't like living without either of the operating systems, > so > I thought, why not upgrade to a new macbook and do the bootcamp thing. > > I am wondering - would the low end macbook model be able to cope with > widnows and potentially run zoomtext and JAWS at the same time, plus any > other applications I should need at the same time? (I mean the low end > aluminium one, not the white one by the way). Or should I just get the top > end one? > > I'm kind of thinking about a macbook pro. It has the potential to cope, as > well as last forever if I need it to, but gosh its a big wod of money. > > Thoughts anyone? > > >
