Hi, there!
Some people already said some good things, Sieghard made some nice
points and here's my point of view.
First of all, I'm 42 year old and I started using PC when I was 20 in
1996. I got my first dumb cellphone at age of 23 in 1999.
I actually spent first half of my life using landline phone and some
overgrown calculators such as ZX Spectrum or Commodore 64. When I
started to use PC I used it for almost everything. Web browsing, email,
chat, VOIP telephony, writing and reading documents, whatching movies,
listening to music, whatever you can think of. There was a time when I
was using my PC as alarm clock xD.
I started to use smartphones as of 2004. or something and I got my first
iPhone on 2012. I have to say I use my iPhone to some level but if I
need to do some serious writting, some extended websearch, even for
reading 50 emails or more I'd rather sit in front of my desk and turn my
PC on. Maybe this is easier for sighted folks to acomplish on small
touch screen but I'm pretty much bounded if I can't use keyboard with
all ten fingers.
For some years now I was using iPhone and Windows laptop but since I'm
passionate music listener some months ago I purchased Minix Windows box
and connected it to my TV and HiFi system. I wasn't satisfied with
performance, it was to slow using Windows 10 and Jaws on just 2 gigs of
RAM so I replaced it with serious desktop machine with I5, 8 gigs of RAM
and SSD. Of course, I found horizontal desktop case and put it in my
living room below the TV set. Now I have a decent multimedia player,
have my screen reader talk through HDMI and TV speakers while other
sound plays through HiFi system.
I turned my dumb Grundig TV into a smart one xD. i could use something
from iOS family like old iPad or iPod touch for this purpose and I tried
but it was not so comfortable. I have to say I never learned to use iOS
with a keyboard and I have 14 years of experience with Jaws and later
NVDA so this was also one of the reasons I decided to get this PC
instead of some iOS device. Before Minix I tried Apple TV but I got very
disapointed with its capabilities. I wanted to be able to browse the web
and read email but there's no such thing on Apple TV.
Maybe I should have go for Mac Mini instead of Windows desktop, the
price was more less the same, I don't know but I don't have the time to
learn new system and new screen reader and on the other hand Windows and
Jaws are part of me for more than twenty years.
So, the answer is I like my iPhone, as a matter of fact I can't live
without it but still can't use it as the one and only computing device.
Maybe this is because I'm, old fashionned, maybe because I'm not using
keyboard with iOS but this is my experience.
P.S. There's not a single chance in a million years I would write this
long email using virtual keyboard, even on BSI or MBraille xD.
S poštovanjem
Gordan Radić
01.08.2018 u 23:05, regina alvarado je napisao/la:
I know this is an individual preference, but here is a question for
consideration. OK, OK, may be a couple questions. LOL.
I am interested in whether anyone only uses a mobile device and never a
computer, is that possible. I have a Mac Mini, but I never use it. if I decided
to trade in my Mac Mini, what would I replace it with? If another computer,
which Apple? If not, what device besides my phone should I consider; an Apple
watch or a trade-in on an iPad Air? To what? Most interested in a laptop if a
computer with a small screen. Thanks for any thoughts.
Reggie and Lex
God said, "I need somebody strong enough to pull sleds and find bombs, yet gentle
enough to love babies and lead the blind. Somebody who will spend all day on a couch with
a resting head and supportive eyes to lift the spirits of a broken heart." So God
made a dog.
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