I don't know who would be counted in the "young" group and who in the "old. I first heard rumblings that the Mac was accessable in late 2007.I was 30 then and am 32 now, got my Mac when I was 31. So not sure where I fit, young or old or whatever...
My story was this. My windows computer was on it's last legs and we knew that I had to get a new one. At first we thought about getting a low cost windows laptop. Then they came out with vista. My partner Larry at first didn't want to drop so much money all at once on a computer. But I sat down and did a lot of research. Listened to screenless switchers, joined this list, listened to everything ACB radio had to say found other podcasts and after that I priced out how much would it be to get a laptop with windows and a copy of JAWS. Then I priced out the ongoing costs, upgrades to the OS and JAWS and other things. I gathered everything I learned and presented it to Larry. I think after all was said and done that the Mac, while expensive at first more or less payed for it's self in the money I saved as it had a built in screen access and screen enlargement, plus the most I'd think of paying for os/A/T upgrades with the mac at tops would be 150 bucks compaired to havint to spend 200 a year ontop of the nearly 1000 starting price for a windows screen reader. Just after we took the choice to get the Mac I got a chance to try vista as I barrowed my stepdaughter's new vista computer. I tried timed demos of JAWS and W.E. and the free screen readers and was so grumpy with the whole thing. Larry got to see first hand what a pain in the neck it all was and I even got him to listen to some of the mac demos. He said we got the mac because it has what I need and seems to be a better computer for me. I haven't crashed it yet and aside from a few structure problems with the macbook, like little shards of it coming apart where the lid shuts and the recent shorting out of the option key I have had no trouble with it. I think people can take the choice if they find themselves where I was. In need of a computer and free and open to anything. I'm a stay at home mom so don't have to worry about my mac interfacing with other computers I like my choice and am glad I took the time to learn all I could rather than just following a mass of people one way or the other. Jenny blueskyes9112...@gmail.com Olathe, Ks USA On 6/10/09, Mark Baxter <markbaxte...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This is typical NFB. Prey on an already oppressed popularion with > scare tactics about what *COULD* go wrong and how helpless they'd be > unless trhey do things the NFB way. It's why I have very little to do > with organized groups of blind people. Don't feel bad; I also scoff > at organized religion in favor of individual spirituality, and hate > Christmas because of shopping mobs and humans in packs. Don't beieve > what the NFB tells you; they're just anothe organization with another > marketing angle. > > > 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. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
