Hey, I'm also a newbie to this list. I made the switch from Windows to the Mac a few months ago, when I got fed up with having to pay extra money just so I could have the level of access that I wanted to have on my computer. I'm currently a university student, and I love my macbook Pro. It's got a longer battery life, and is more portable, durable and faster than any windows machine I've ever owned. know I have a lot to learn about the mac, but so far it's suited my needs perfectly. And the wonderful thing is you can also run Windows on a mac, so if there's a program that you need to use on the windows side of things, you don't have to miss out. YOu can have the best of both worlds. The Mac OS is very different from Windows, but once you get used to it it's real easy to use, and you can do many things that you can't do with windows.
Hope this helps, Meg On 2011-11-02, at 3:09 PM, Jasmine Kotsay wrote: > Hi, Gigi, > Thank you so much for all of your help! I really appreciate it, because I > don't know how to decide whether I want a Windows or a Mac machine. I will > concider all of your advice, and I will do as much research as I can before I > make my choice. > > Sincerely, > Jasmine > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Gigi <[email protected] > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] > Date sent: Wed, 2 Nov 2011 04:19:48 -0500 > Subject: Re: Hello > > I am now retired from teaching and customer service work these days, so I > thought I'd weigh in on this subject. If you want to go further back, Apple > 2 E's used to dominate education as far as computers went. > > I think when you are deciding what computer you want you have to decide what > your needs are now because by the time you get out of school and get to that > all-important job, you'll have to know what the school district has and fit > yourself in. If you're lucky, you can have your own system and only have to > connect with theirs to enter grades and student records. > > Right now you have to get through education with your computer choice. I > would think little would be the first choice so you could wag things around. > These days, a lot of universities have electronic library material available. > You might want to go and visit the university of your choice and investigate > what they have have, both for disabled and nondisabled students. You'll want > to find out how you get the library files and what systems can access them. > > I recently investigated going to graduate school, and the university had all > kinds of things like braille displays, Jaws, Kurzweil 1000, and braille > embossers. NNondisabled studeents had access to electronic edia, and I could > have used any system of mine I wanted to access it. > Personally, I think devices like iPads and MacBook Airs are going to be > important for us. You can do things on iOS devices that we've not been able > to do before as easily like moving icons around with touch and hold. > > You're going to want to do a lot of word processing at home for lesson plans. > You can do that with any accessible system, whether Windows or Mac. You'll > want to be doing fancy color stuff. I had a blind friend whose principal > decided that everybody should underline objectives in certain colors, no > exceptions to that. > > Internet access will be another biggie for you. I think both types of > computers can that ok. Email can be done of either as well. I haven't tried > scanning programs on the Mac yet, so others will need to comment about that. > > I am avoiding doing so myself, because I don't need to, but you can put > Windows on a Mac. You could have both Macintosh programs and Windows on your > Mac. I've heard it runs Windows faster than other computers. I hope all > this helps, and happy researching. > > Regards, > Gigi > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:25 PM, Jasmine Kotsay <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > Unfortunately, I'm not going to be in programming or networking. I'm trying > to get my teaching credentials in a few years, so I'm not sure what kind of > computer to get in the future. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Louie P. (Pete) Nalda" <[email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date sent: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 19:21:12 -0500 > Subject: Re: Hello > > I think that the biggest difference you'll have is a slight learning curve > using VoiceOver as opposed to Jaws or other Windows screenreaders. I myself, > am not the one to ask, but do invite others with hands on both sides to give > you more details. As for compatibility with things like blackboard and Word, > again, I'm not sure, as I worked in Electronic publishing in school, and most > of our machines were macs, and I'm more of a Zoom user than a VO user, except > when my eyes fatigue. If you're going into programming or networking, I feel > the mac is a nice choice because you have BSD Unix built right in, and if > need be, can work directly from the terminal. > > > On Nov 1, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > > Hi, > > I can't answer most of your questions as I am a novice at the mac myself, but > I will tell you that you will like it once you get the hang of it. > > The only thing I really know how to do is some e-mail and some safari stuff. > I wish you the best and I hope you like it as much as I do. > > Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks > On Nov 1, 2011, at 5:34 PM, Jasmine Kotsay wrote: > > Hi, > > -- > 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. 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