RE: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-21 Thread Bryan Smart
ooglegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 10:54 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this? Hi Olivia. I thought I'd reply to some of your message. The reason why I have w

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-19 Thread Donna Goodin
Well, I'm glad to hear this, actually. But no, I didn't see anything about getting a Safari plug-in. Probably won't get to it for a few days, but maybe I'll go back to Yahoogroups and try again to see what happens. Strange. Donna On Jun 19, 2010, at 9:17 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > Hi, > >

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-19 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, Hmm. That's interesting. The only times I've had issues with that is when I'm missing a Safari plugin, and if I'm missing something I'm told what it is and how to get it. Regards, Nic Mobile Me: nic2...@me.com GoogleTalk: chojiro1...@gmail.com Facebook Twitter Skype: Kvalme MSN Messenger: n

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-19 Thread Donna Goodin
I have, and it really surprised me. I don't think it was a fluke, as I tried repeatedly to get the chaptcha to play. And it's happened a couple of times. I can't remember what the other site was, though. On Jun 19, 2010, at 5:43 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > Donna, of the sites I have encountered

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-19 Thread Scott Howell
Donna, of the sites I have encountered with such, I have not had any problems on my Mac. Interesting that you have had problems. On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:48 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > I assume you're referring to my comment re audio captchas? What I was > referring to is that on the Mac, I have h

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-19 Thread Scott Howell
ssibility >> situation on the Mac, you must know what others are trying. It isn't enough >> to only live in Mac world. >> >> Bryan >> >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegrou

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
Hi Olivia. I thought I'd reply to some of your message. The reason why I have windows on my Mac is: 1. I need to keep my windows mobile up-to-date (even though in due course I'll have the Iphone. 2. The reason why I switched to the Mac was my constant losing of jaws licence counts. 3. I l

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
I was unable to enter my students' grades, which is, shall we say, a big problem. :) Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Orin wrote: > Yeah, I took a BLackboard course with safari and it wasn't all that bad. > Messaging could use some work, though, as when I tried to message someone it > for som

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
I assume you're referring to my comment re audio captchas? What I was referring to is that on the Mac, I have had difficulty getting audio captchas to play. The Yahoo site was one place where I ran into this problem. When I went to the same site on my Windows machine, I didn't have a problem

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Kimberly thurman
ht, and what they get wrong. >> >> Anyway, I hope that you didn't get too upset by my response, either. I don't >> want to be critical, but, if you're trying to improve the accessibility >> situation on the Mac, you must know what others are trying. It i

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David McLean > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 2:19 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: -- SPAM -- Re: installing windows on macs? What are the > advantages/why do peo

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Bryan Smart
ooglegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of David McLean Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 2:19 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: -- SPAM -- Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this? The only thing I use Windows for, an

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi! I went through a year of graduate school using pages to write my papers, and the lowest grade I got was a b+. I was able to format correctly, and accomplish all tasks just fine. If you would like some pointers and tips, feel free to email me off list, I'm happy to help! :) Olivia "Innovati

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Sarah Alawami
The reason i do it as my broadcasting suite uses windows and i don't want to change it, pluss I have ot use sonar to edit and master stuff until I can afford protools le which will be a while but I'm patient. Take care. S On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:43 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > Hi, > > It seems

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
Hi, It seems that you guys had your success with blackboard from the student end. Donna sounds like she uses blackboard as a faculty member. Maybe there is a subtle difference that impairs the accessibility with VO hth On Jun 18, 2010, at 2:39 PM, Orin wrote: > Yeah, I took a BLackboard cou

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Orin
Yeah, I took a BLackboard course with safari and it wasn't all that bad. Messaging could use some work, though, as when I tried to message someone it for some reason came out blank on their end. On Jun 18, 2010, at 11:00 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > It's interesting that blackboard didn't work f

Re: -- SPAM -- Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread David McLean
The only thing I use Windows for, and the only reason I installed it on the Mac as a Vm, is to use Winamp. I like Vlc but I just haven't found anything I like as well as Winamp. Also I've been a Windows used since the mid 90s so there are still a few times such as now with the Audible/Safari pr

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Donna, Excuse my ignorance, but what audio software do you use on Windows and for what purpose? Chris On 18 Jun 2010, at 15:38, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Olivia, > > Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows > users for many years, which means, unfortunately,

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
Could you not use a Newsreader on the Mac similar to how news groups are displayed within Outlook Express? I have not used those type of news groups for years, but I am sure there will be something you could get on the Mac, this will mean less time on Windows On 18 Jun 2010, at 18:11, Scott Ho

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Scott Howell
Hi Olivia, Well I can of course speak for myself, but let me share a few things with you: 1. I use windows only for school projects/related activities. Specifically I use OUtlook Express to follow the message postings, which are not a typical news group format. I have been after the developers o

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Thanks, John. that Fujitsu doesn't sound like the scanner for me. I doubt the library would appreciate me cutting up their books. mary -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googl

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello Mary, The scanner I'm using is a fujitsu fi-6230. I like the scanner because of its super fast document feeder. You can get that bad boy going at sixty pages per minute. The other nice thing is that the document feeder supports double sided scanning, so where applicable you get both pages

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Mary Otten
Hi John, I have a copy of fusion and was planning to port an xp set up over to my Mac with the K1000. I'm using a bookedge scanner, and its driver installation is a bit nonstandard, hence the desire to port over, rather than just getting win7 and startig fresh. What scanner are you using with y

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread John J Herzog
Hello, I am in the same boat. I have a lot of scanning to do, and started law school 2 years ago. There wasn't any great OCR solution for the mac, so I decided to install windows XP and kurzweil via fusion on my machine. I still use it to this day just for that purpose, but have replaced window

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
It's interesting that blackboard didn't work for you. I was a student for a year lst winter, and I got great results with blackboard and safari. Hopefully, the mac will soon replace that expensive third party software for you! :) I totally understand that some still need windows, and I'm kind

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
You're like me! I'm a true mac fan girl, and I'd never use jaws again, personally. I'm pretty lucky because I can use my mac at work, but I know unfortunately, that most places are still using windows and microsoft. I hope you're able to figure out jaws enough to use it for work. I am sure t

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Kaare Dehard
Sometimes it's a matter of circomstances... For example, I once upon a time took an online course for the blind. I had me a copy of windows xp pro from the machine that died and was replaced by my mac. At this time, we were using a ventrillo server to attend classes and the windows version worke

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Ricardo Walker
---Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Olivia Norman > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:06 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do peo

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
es, the most wonderful > liberty in the universe, to be sure. > > Have a wonderful day, > > Mark > > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Olivia Norman > Sent: Friday, June

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Annie Skov Nielsen
Hi. I really miss a good scanning software for the mac. I am using finereader 10 in bootcamp or in vmware. I also like, that you can access your windows files from your mac, if for exampel your windows has broke down, that happens. Another thing is that if you use vmware you can install windows y

RE: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread M. Taylor
om] On Behalf Of Olivia Norman Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 7:06 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this? Hi Everyone, Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just don't und

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Chris Moore
I have parallels installed on my Mac. I already had Windows xp installed via BootCamp which I used rarely for applications that you could not get to run on a Mac back in the day when I used to have a Nokia phone and a Sat nav that was not a tom tom. After losing my site I thought I would insta

Re: installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Donna Goodin
Hi Olivia, Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that expensive third-party software. :) Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of out-of-the-box accessibil

installing windows on macs? What are the advantages/why do people opt for this?

2010-06-18 Thread Olivia Norman
Hi Everyone, Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what they use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience with windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't wort