Hello Douglas It's a little difficult to answer your question because the two systems are very different. Pages is one application which will handle Word documents and there are others. Nisus Writer Pro, for instance, handles them very well.
As for Excel and Numbers, I have to say I don't use them a lot but my best advice to you would be to try and get access to a Mac if you can. The Apple Stores are alright but the problem is that you can't really get a good feel of everything because of time, the environment, etc. It'd be better if you could get a friend to take you on a tour of their Mac. Again, it is not, I believe, possible to answer the question "What's the difference between this programme, that programme and the other programme, because the first thing that has to be taken into consideration is, for those who need it, VoiceOver. Before you learn anything about utility software it would, I think, be a requirement that you learn to handle VoiceOver and the operating system. Whether or not you ditch Windows is entirely your own business. All I'm advocating is that, if you do buy a Mac, you need to be able and willing to drop any pre-conceptions, [prejudices and expectation. You also need to be prepared to start learning from the ground up because those of you who are blind or visually impaired also have the additional step of learning to use VoiceOver. Until you accomplish that, it's somewhat difficult to use utility software. On the OS X platform, you don't get the hand-holding virtual buffers and almost sheltered environment that you get under Windows. With VoiceOver you get the feel of how things really are located on screen. I've heard the OS described as an "object-orientated environment". Feel free to ask questions about the Mac, Douglas, that's what the list is here for. If you like you can write me privately; I'll be more than willing to talk to you about this off list. Then perhaps I could give you more detailed comparisons which I'm not willing to do on list because it would take me way off topic. My personal address if you want it is <[email protected]>. Lynne On 16 Jul 2011, at 04:19, douglas rudolph wrote: • yeah, i know about the fact of windows not being the use of this list, but unfortunitley i will never be able to leave windows totally because of the job i am aiming at, but for personal use, i want to go mac, since it is way more of a stable os compared to the new windows, don't get me worng they are good os's, but yes, mac sees to be the way i want to go.. i just kind of want to know the basics, i know this is a comparison between the 2, but what are the differences between pages, numbers, keynote, etc compared to ms office?... i have 0 experiance, i just kinda want to know what i am up against when i go for the switch. Im seriously looking at getting myself a mac book pro, with the top for everything, all my specs will max the system for upgrades, what can i then do with the voice over on the mac? how does it work and all that..:D.. i am so curious, because we don't have an apple store near by me, it is like 8 hour drive away..lol.. and the guys who sell the apple products, well they are umm, dorks who don't kknow jack about accessibility. thank youuuu <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <https://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
