Hi Reggie and List: I still use a Windows computer for the Web and other long writing tasks.
To my surprise, Safari on my iPhone works very well with my Texas Bank site and I have quit using my computer to do banking because I think Ios is more secure. It might help to make a list of tasks you wish to do and go from there. Please write me of list. Your GDB classmate Debra and Truckee. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of regina alvarado Sent: August 2, 2018 10:48 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: what to replace a couple devices with Hi, first, please call me Reggie. I can't take credit for my tag line. It actually was in a short newsletter on Yorkshire terriers. There was no credit given so I stole it. LOL! I loved it also, and it got my guide and pet an extra hug. Of course you know what happens when you assume it is fine, but so far the writer has not shown up to give me what-for for using. Thus, assuming, be my guest to use. As for my age? I was born in 1952. Yup, one of those oldies! 😉😇 Reggie and Lex God said, "I need somebody strong enoughto 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. On Aug 2, 2018, at 6:48 AM, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> wrote: Hi, I know for me, getting totally rid of the desk top or laptop wouldn’t work. I am a writer, and I just can’t imagine spending long hours trying to write a document on the phone, even with a bluetooth keyboard connected. for one thing, I haven’t yet found a bluetooth keyboard that I like the feel of and that I can write at a reasonabley fast speed on. I also have a rather large collection of files, and this collection is too large to just throw up into the cloud. To my knowledge, there still is no way to connect a portable hard drive to the phone or i pad and access files from it. The idea of compactness and portability are attractive, but honestly, the macbook air is all that, so I guess that’s as small as I’ll get for serious computing. I have an i phone 8 plus and love it, use it all the time, for calls and more, just not for serious work. Cait > On Aug 2, 2018, at 5:39 AM, Gordan Radić <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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." 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