With new MacBook Pro hardware in hand, as of yesterday, I can now comment briefly on the VoiceOver performance.
So far, it has been excellent. As a test, I visited https://html.spec.whatwg.org/ and followed the link to the single-page version. This is a large and complex document. VoiceOver gave a “Safari is not responding” message – hardly surprising – but it wasn’t long before Safari finished loading the document, and I was able to read it. I’ve had other screen readers (on Windows, especially) become completely unresponsive for minutes while loading that page, even on my high-performance “mobile workstation” laptop. I hardly need to point out the significant performance improvements compared with my late 2013-model MacBook Pro. Although I’ve encountered some issues with the new machine (none of them major so far), performance hasn’t yet become one of them. From: 'Sabahattin Gucukoglu' via MacVisionaries <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, 1 June, 2021 at 18:06 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Apple Silicon vs Intel x86 for Voiceover users on Mac OK, I misunderstood you that you needed Windows. I mostly agree in that case; I also use Terminal and Linux VMs a lot and rarely need Windows. Even so, I think not having it at all would be a problem; there are just some things you need Windows for, including, yes, Office apps, but also running software only on Windows, like said firmware updater utility. Your situation may differ. Cheers, Sabahattin -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/60D67249-E551-4557-8D1B-25F717607EFD%40me.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/BN7PR16MB3988BB943ECAA24561D1F507FF8D9%40BN7PR16MB3988.namprd16.prod.outlook.com.
