Yeah, maybe you can convince them to get macs as well? On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:04 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote:
just thought I'd make the subject more relevent lol. Alex, you got me beat lol! I have no idea how old mine was when I got it and I sho have no clue where it is now!! lol. I remember the day my family got our first windows computer, it was november 11th 1997 I believe? possibly 96? can't remember the exact year lol. and from that day forward, the old mac went somewhere and I haven't seen it since! lol. I'm sure we dont't have it anymore, though I really wish we did...I'd love to play with it and actually learn outspoken just so I can say I know how to use it lol. although, from what I remember it didn't offer too much in the way of accessibility and the voice was horrible. I remember typing up a science project on that old thing lol. that was the only thing I remember doing with it, that and writing letters to an old pen pal I used to have! wow! the nostalgia! lol. now I'm wondering what happened to her? haha. I'mma ask my parents tomorrow if they remember life with that old mac, lol. I'mma remind them that their computer roots are based in apple! now they're all windows people and they're constantly teasing me about my love of all things apple so I think they need a reality check so they can remember where they came from lol. peace and positivity :) Jessi follow me on twitter www.twitter.com/canadian_diva On 18-Apr-09, at 12:54 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > > Hi, > Andrea, > > I too had a Mac in the early 1990's. I got it in 1995, thugh I still > had sight then. It was a single unit with built-in display. It was > fifteen years old when I got it from a family friend and I still have > it and it still works. My sister uses it more than I do because there > is not much accessibility support in those old OS's. Maybe I should > try outspoken on it just for kicks. Anywho, then I lost my sight after > aquireing my Beige G3. The little sight I had left was enough to use > zoom on the thing because no one I knew at the time knew about > Outspoken. Then I got a Windows PC. After using XP for about four or > five years I gave up on it. When Tiger came out, I got a tiger G4 > Quick Silver running at 2GHZ and with 1.5 GB or RAM. Then while at > work, I got to play with the Beta of Leopard. Shortly after I got a > Pre-November 2007 Macbook the month before Leopard was released. I > also received a copy of Leopard when it was released. All this except > the PC was curtosy of the family friend who first introduced me to > computers. > > I love the Mac and can say that I have been completely Windows free > for just about two years. > > I hope you enjoy OS X as much as I do. > > Thanks, > Alex, > > > On 18-Apr-09, at 12:20 AM, Jessi Rathwell wrote: > >> >> ha! outspoken! that creepy voice saying :button" still haunts my >> dreams lol!! way back in the early 90s, back in the day when I was >> like eight, haha my school for some reason gave my family a mac? I >> think it was supposed to be for me but I remember my family used it a >> lot more than I did. I do remember using it though! I never >> independently learned how to use outspoken, but I remember my parents >> clicking on clarisworks for me and it saying "button," lol. I >> remember >> I learned to type on a mac too, cuz that was all they had my school. >> those old ones!! maybe that's why I can type so fast now? cuz I >> learned on a mac with all the right type? lol. I didn't see a pc >> til I >> was like 13 and then I learned windows, and swore to it! I was >> seriously the most anti-mac person ever until last march at CSUN when >> my eyes were opened and I returned to my mac roots lol! I can't >> believe it's been almost a year! and I have no desire to go back! >> lol. >> anyway, welcome Andrea!! you'll love it!! feel free to ask questions, >> that's what this list is for!! >> >> >> On 17-Apr-09, >> >> at 10:58 PM, Mark Baxter wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, Andrea: >>> >>> I was using a Mac back in the early 1990's with OutSpoken, which was >>> not built in to the OS. I would say that Voiceover in the latest >>> version of Leopard is similar to but far superior to that. I just >>> switched from my XP machine in January, and have not gone back. I >>> also have Vista running on this Macbook as well, so can do anything >>> in >>> Windows I need to. >>> >>> I offer tutoring and support as well, so if you need me, give me a >>> shout. I know you'll have a lot of fun with it, especially if >>> you're >>> the type that thinks like a musician--it's built in that intuitive, >>> fuzzy logic sort o way. >>> >>> >>> Mark BurningHawk >>> >>> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >>> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >>> My home page: >>> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > >> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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