Hi Eric, Well, to be fair, I don't think it's been in the warehouse for five years, but it wouldn't surprise me if it's been in there for one or two. And the fact that you have a stockpile of something just isn't the factor that should be the basis for selecting a person's technology. So yeah, I agree with you, it should be suable, but I don't think it is. Cheers, Donna On Apr 10, 2013, at 12:07 AM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote:
> having items in a wherehouse for 5 years?> thats a waste of public funds, not > to mention a potential pollution hazard. I don't think there would be much > aftermarket support for such machines. In fact, the entities that stockpiled > all this equipment and never disbursed it to the clients should be prosecuted > under federal laws for fraud, malfeasance, criminal withholding and a bunch > of other appropriate charges. This smacks of the kind of government waste > that is breaking our nation and making us the laughing stock of the rest of > the world. > > -eric > > On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > >> Hi Erik, >> >> Thanks for this. Unfortunately I live in the rural backwater that is >> southern Illinois. Our VR people are at least 10 years behind. What >> they've told my student is that they already have PCs and copies of JAWS >> stock-piled in a warehouse, so even if the mac cost $5 it would be more >> expensive. >> >> GRRRRRRRRRR. >> Best, >> Donna >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Eric Oyen <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I haven't done so myself, but it is possible. >>> >>> The 2 justifications that can be used are: >>> 1. lower cost of ownership (as accessibility is included) >>> 2. Greater included feature set for the cost involved (built in camera, >>> bluetooth, wi-fi, firewire, USB 2.x or greater, full apple repair support, >>> minimal training cost and plenty of supported hardware options). >>> >>> now, getting an equivalent windows machine involves the acquisition of the >>> machine, additional hardware, cost of the operating system, SMA for jaws >>> ($250 per year), jaws itself ($890 for 2 keys), hardware only support from >>> dell, etc. the cost of the windows machine is actually higher on a total >>> cost of ownership basis than a mac would be. also, voiceover on the apple >>> doesn't require a yearly SMA and OS upgrades are inexpensive. >>> >>> cost of macbook pro with mountain lion OS: $1500 low end >>> cost of dell laptop with windows 7, MS Office 2012, jaws, SMA an equivalent >>> hardware options: $1900 low end. >>> >>> believe me, I use both here and I much prefer the macbook over the windows >>> machine for sheer usefulness. >>> >>> the best justification that can be made to VR is the cost. the 2nd best is >>> that the employer requires training and use of apple products in their >>> office environment. >>> >>> outside of those, I don't have a clear idea how to convince VR to cooperate. >>> >>> -eric >>> >>> On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >>> >>>> Hello all, >>>> >>>> I am trying to advocate for student who is having difficulty getting rehab >>>> services to purchase a Mac for her. I would be interested in hearing from >>>> those of you who have gotten rehab to purchase a Mac. How did you go about >>>> convincing them to do that? >>>> Best, >>>> Donna >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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