Catherine you can buy Windows CDs from online retailers such as Amazon
or Play.com and I bet all PC retail stores stock them as well.
On 16/08/2012 20:46, Catherine Turner wrote:
Hi all,
Wow, thanks for all the responses, I'll be reading through the links Phil gave.
I've got a lot to think about then. I googled VM fusion and discover
it's a way of running Windows on a Mac right? So I would need a copy
of Windows and whatever else I wanted to run in Windows. I wonder
where in the UK I could buy a full copy of Windows. I don't know much
about this as I have always bought systems with Windows already
installed and as far as I know the CDs that came with them were not
full Windows CDs, just recovery CDs. Does anyone know anything about
where I might buy Windows CD?
There are several things that appeal to me about Mac, having heard a
few podcasts and a friend demonstrating his to me recently. But one
reason I was thinking of keeping my costs down. Because I have a
dying laptop running Windows Vista and JAWS 10. The kinds of Windows
laptops I'm looking at cost around £600. Plus to upgrade JAWS would
cost £400 something. So I was thinking if I went for Mac with
built-in screen reader that would be slightly cheaper. But if I
decided for some reason I would need Windows sometimes this would
increase the cost significantly, and I think I would need to use
tables a fair bit. So I guess I'll keep this laptop going as long as
possible and maybe I can get the money together to get a Mac plus
Windows and VM fusion and JAWS latest version...and in the meantime
start at least reading about how to use Mac and Voiceover.
Thanks for all the help. I shall continue probably lurking on this
list to learn more about Mac while I get ready/save up...
Catherine
On 8/15/12, Phil Halton <[email protected]> wrote:
Catherine, Just a follow-up to my earlier post. I suggest you also check out
the very well done podcasts at
www.htb2.com
This man recently lost his eyesight in afganistan and now uses Macs to great
effect. His casts are very positive, helpful and well-done.
He covers subjects like web surfing with Safari (an excellent and easy to
use web browser on the Mac)
and many other topics of interest to blind mac users.
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