I hope you don't mind me asking. is your friend in the UK or outside of the UK? If in the UK, I MAY be able to help.
as I run a small organization called free macs for the blind, I refurbish older powermacs to help get blind and visually impaired young people and those in need with a working mac running OS X 10.5 on a powerPC G4 or higher, depending on what is acquired as donations. if not, then I advise that rather than purchasing a new machine for him, you find a supplier dealing in refurbed macs. this would save money and still offer some support. please drop me a line and I can advise where possible. lew On 29 Dec 2011, at 22:24, Frank Tom wrote: > I have a friend, age 75, who is totally blind and a Windows/Jaws failure. I > have recommended he switch to a Mac but want to make reasonable suggestions > as to what he should buy. > > I am leaning twards a Mac Mini with a full size bluetooth keyboard with > NumPad and a wired mouse. Also, he will need a monitor for when his wife > needs to help him out. > > What do the rest of you mini users have. Do you also add a USB DVD player? > > Thanks for your advise. He will be happy if he could just download NLS books > from the BARD site without having to ask his wife for help. > > > > I, myself, have an 21 Inch IMac that I have had for four years. I got my > first Mac, the Mac Plus, in 1985 when I had more usable vision and could read > the screen with an 8x magnifying lens. The good old days when we thought one > megabyte of RAM was amazing. I did say mega and not giga. > > Tom > > -- > 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. > Mr. L. Alexander. Free Macs For The Blind. E-Mail: [email protected] Direct line: 07936 877500 Twitter: @macsfortheblind Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to help anybody disabled with anything Apple! http://www.mac-access.net -- 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.
