For clarification, the macbook made from white plastic is no longer available On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:57 PM, Gavin wrote:
> Hi Louis, > > It sounds like a MacBook Air would be your best bet, though I don't know what > kind of specs it has. I've also heard that the MacBook Air has a similar > price to the 13 inch MacBook Pro, which you could also try. If you don't want > to spend too much, you could also go for the ordinary MacBook model which, if > my memory serves me correctly, is made out of a kind of plastic as opposed to > the MacBook Pro, which is aluminium. > > As far as equivalent software to Microsoft Office goes, Apple has a > productivity suite called iWork that contains 3 applications. Pages, for word > processing, Numbers, for spreadsheets, and Keynote, for creating > presentations. It's very accessible with VoiceOver. > > Hope this info heaps. > > Regards, > > Gavin > > > On 14 Oct 2011, at 5:25 AM, Louis Do wrote: > >> Hello. i am planning on purchasing a mac for my first year of college >> next year. i am currently learning voiceover and I prefer it to the PC >> screenreaders available. I have a few questions that hopefully you >> kind folks can answer to help me make a more informed purchase. >> 1. What macbook would fit my needs? i will need to watch a lot of >> videos, do reasearch, write long papers, and create spreadsheets or >> powerpoints. >> 2. I heard that microsoft office is not accesible on the Mac. Is this >> a true statement? >> 3. What equivalent mac softwares are available for powerpoint, word, and >> excell? >> Thanks for your help, >> Louis >> >> -- >> 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. > -- 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.
