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I can honestly say that switching to mac was the most liberating move I have made, I'm sure you will never regret the move should you go ahead. Regards G >From Bridgerule in glorious Devon, England. On 16 Aug 2012, at 20:46, Catherine Turner <[email protected]> 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. > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> 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: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
