Geoff, if we're going to become pedantic, I seriously doubt the handful of blind users to respond to the query represent a fair and proportional user base to make such an assumption that their is no average, or median amount of RAM.
based on the real life sales of Apple Mac's and the likely proportion of blind users, on an assumption that the usage patterns of the blind community parity that of the sighted world. it is very likely that the vast and overriding significant majority of users of Mac's who are blind use their machines for day to day tasks, such as e-mail, internet browsing, word processing, spread sheets, address books, calendars etc. audio editing and video content editing is a far smaller proportion of the computer usage market, and this will translate, I feel very confidently, across the blindness sector. as such, just because 10 or so people on this list state that they use all manner of RAM amounts, if we had access to Apple's database of MAc's with Voice Over enabled, and cross referenced the assay list of those machines components / specification, I believe most virulently, that we'd see, forgive the pun, a very clear and defined amount of RAM being used. it is my belief that this amount would not exceed 4Gb, and may in fact be more likely 2Gb. therefore, sticking so exactly to your wording, the average RAM for a blind user, would in my view, and I'm happy to try and investigate this if needs be, is likely as stated all along, not higher than 4Gb. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, for all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - [email protected] Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 25 Jun 2011, at 20:13, Geoff Shang wrote: On Sat, 25 Jun 2011, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > the original author of the question asked, and its in the subject line of the > message, how much RAM does the average user need. Actually, it was "average ram for a blind user?" And I think the flurry of answers here demonstrates that there really is no single answer. Everyone uses their computer for different things, and each person should assess their computing needs inline with what their particular needs are, not just some perceived need of some typical user. Geoff. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
