Well, I think my point still stands, 1995 aside. Any computer system will eventually present hardware limitations. But I know of plenty of people with Macs four years old, in fact, my mom's Mac is 9 years old, and she's only now looking at replacing it. I think in general Macs are more well-made, and designed to last longer than most Windows computers, and I think Apple does a pretty good job of keeping an OS upgrade path viable on older machines. Are their limits? Absolutely, but I don't think that limit is four years.
And that said, I do agree that a decision to switch to a Mac should be based on considerations other than her laptop dying in four years. Cheers, Donna On Apr 3, 2013, at 9:30 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > Nobody said anything about a computer bought in 1995. The original question > had to do with a laptop that broke after 3-4 years, and the person wasn't too > happy and was considering a Mac. Since upgrades to the screen reader are tied > to the os on a Mac, if your Mac is too old to get the new upgrade, you also > don't get the new VO features, and that can be a computer that is 3 to 4 > years old. I have an old xp machine that I sure wouldn't put Windows 8 on, > but it is something like 6 years old, not 4, and when I go to replace it, if > I do, I'll pay substancially less than what I would pay for a new Mac. I'm > not saying that the Mac isn't good. I just think the decision to switch is a > lot more complicated than deciding it is a good deal because you get the > screen reader buiult in to the os. > > Mary > > Mary Otten > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
