Hi Kathy, I also really like my iPhone and it's amazing what you can do with it. However, don't make the mistake to just assume that a Mac is going to be just as awesome. You can't compare an iPhone to a Mac and while I am sure Mac lovers disagree, I firmly hold that a PC running Windows 7 with now Jaws 14 is a better solution if you are a power user. If all you do is write emails, do Skype, browse the web and so on a Mac with Voiceover maybe OK, but then again you can do that with just an iPhone or an iPad. I am not sure what you mean by "JAWS and internet explorer are driving me crazy with all the crashes etc.", to me that is such a generalized statement and while a PC can crash and while Jaws can sometimes become unresponsive, it's not like a Mac is immune to these things. If you do a lot of browsing I think Jaws, especially 14 with the new flexible web feature and all the things like navigation quick keys etc. will be more efficient and it's not as if you don't have choices regarding your browser, you can use IE, Firefox and Chrome and sometimes I use IE for one thing and Firefox for another thing because I discovered one works better than the other for certain applications. The nice thing is that Jaws features like navigation quick keys, placemarkers or the flexible web feature works regardless.
I listened to the announcement today of the new MacBook laptops and while they sound like awesome computers, I can still buy a Windows laptop with the same specs (except maybe the weight and thickness) for $600 or $700 less than the entry level MacBook Pro 13 inch. I bought an Acer TimelineX laptop last January, so almost a year ago, and it has very similar specs as far as processor and memory is concerned, it has a 120 Gig solid state drive and it's actually a 15 inch laptop with a full keyboard including numeric pad plus it has a DVD Writer. I also get about 8 hours of battery life and the entire thing including the upgrade to the solid state drive was $900. I'd have to spend $2,000 to get a 15" Macbook Pro with these specs or maybe even more and it's not as if I care whether it has a retina display. These are just some thoughts for those who are super impressed with the MacBooks Apple announced today. AS I said, they are beautiful and definitely sound like fantastic computers, but as is usual, people tend to think of anything Apple makes as superior and that is not always entirely justified. Regards, Sieghard -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en.
