It's interesting that blackboard didn't work for you. I was a student for a year lst winter, and I got great results with blackboard and safari. Hopefully, the mac will soon replace that expensive third party software for you! :) I totally understand that some still need windows, and I'm kind of enjoying finding out all of this information from all of you! Olivia "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs
On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:38 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Olivia, > > Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows > users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that > expensive third-party software. :) > > Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of > out-of-the-box accessibility, and I want to support Apple in this approach. > I would also be happy to stop paying for upgrades to that expensive 3rd-party > software. When I bought my Mac, my plan had been to abandon Windows > completely, but I have found that simply isn't possible. Right now, there is > not a good scanning option for the Mac, unless you want to commit to > fine-reader without a demo, and use it in conjunction with Vuescan. My copy > of Kurzweil works great, so I continue to scan on my old Windows machine. I > also find that some Word docs with tables in them read much better in Windows > than on the Mac. I also use the Duxbury translator, which runs under > Windows. Also, several of us have noted that audio captchas work much better > under windows than they do on the Mac. Moreover, at least on the faculty > end, Blackboard works *much better under Windows, in fact, as of last winter, > Safari 4 wasn't even supported. So, though I had not planned to continue > using Windows, for all of the above reasons, I still do. My solution has > been to simply hang onto my Windows machine. But if you can't do that for > whatever reason, your only option is to run a dual-boot system on your Mac. > > I love my Mac, but right now it simply cannot completely replace my Windows > machine. So, until it can, I'll be running both. > Take care, > Donna > On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just >> don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what they >> use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience with >> windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't worth the trouble >> and expense for most people. Consider that windows isn't accessible out of >> the box, so you've often got to get some expensive third party solution like >> Jaws to make it accessible to you, as well as purchasing windows. I guess >> the question I'm asking here, is if you're going to shell out the cash for >> windows, and the third party access solutions, why get a mac in te first >> place? Also, from a VO users prospective, how difficult is it to switch >> between the two operating systems? >> I'm just curious, and if you're using windows, I would be interested in >> knowing why and how you switch between the OS's? >> Thanks for appeasing my curiosity! I'm sure there are totally good reasons >> for using windows on a mac, I'd just like to know why/what they are! >> Olivia >> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
