[gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops

[Mike Arrigo]

The price of the laptops is supposed to be dropping in a few months.  
Also, while some pc laptops might be cheaper, I would wonder about the  
quality of those. Many pc laptops cost as much as, or more than mac  
laptops.
On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:57 AM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:

> I attended informational sessions about the Mac, iPhone, and Voiceover
> at the ACB convention, and at our local visually impaired computer  
> users
> group here in L. A., and I am impressed with what I saw.  I started  
> out
> with an Apple in 1983, and it would only be fitting that I come full
> circle.  At home, I am not a power user, so it  appears that a Mac  
> could
> do what I would need it to do.  The only economic drawback, is that
> Macs, especially Mac laptops are much more expensive than Windows PC's
> and laptops.  One could say that this isn't really true, because the
> adaptive technology is built into the OS, but this would only apply to
> folks who are starting out, because I already have purchased a Windows
> Screen reader.  As was said previously, there are two ways to run
> windows on a Mac.  One is a utility called Bootcamp, which creates a
> dual boot system.  The other is a utility called Fusion, which allows
> you to run Windows in its own Window with your Windows screen  
> reader, so
> you can have the best of both worlds.  I do not know how difficult it
> would be to set up either Bootcamp or Fusion, but fortunately, here in
> L. A. we have a blind Mac guru, and I am sure that, for a price, of
> course, I could get him to help me set it up.
>
> Andy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On Behalf Of Les Kriegler
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:49 AM
> To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops
>
> Hi Joel,
>
> Interesting you're bringing this up.  Actually, I've decided that when
> the
> upgrade to the Mac Operating System comes out, I'm purchasing a Mac
> laptop.
> Many of their laptops come with 4 Gigs of memory, and I plan to  
> install
> Windows 7 on the laptop as well.  There is software that allows one to
> switch back and forth Between Mac and Windows without the need to
> re-boot
> one's system.  So I'm taking the plunge, likely next month.  I've
> started
> reading up on the Mac and on the screen reader called VoiceOver and I
> like
> what I've read thus far.  Obviously, I cannot give you impressions of
> using
> a Mac yet, although I've confident I'll learn it when I start  
> working on
> it.
> I took a year to learn Doss, I'll invoke the same plan with learning  
> the
> Mac.  Eventually, I hope to be in a position to train others, as I
> suspect
> there will be a need for this to occur.
>
> Les
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
> On
> Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:16 AM
> To: GUI-Talk
> Subject: [gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops
>
> as I've sort of watched the Mac evolving over the past couple of years
> in
> the sense that its operating system seems to be getting close to
> achieving
> self-voicing screen reader capability that an experienced jaws guy  
> like
> me
> might be able to take seriously, I'm asking for some thoughts.
>
> Aren't there a couple of folks on this list who actually, already,  
> *are*
> Mac
> desktop or laptop users? How do you folks like your Macs? And  
> Albert, I
> know
> you've been toying with the idea of going Mac, same as I'm expressing
> now.
> Just seems interesting to think about, now that I allow myself. This  
> in
> spite of the fact that I have Jaws 11 already paid for on my SMA,  
> but my
> goodness. I guess if I could get myself a brand new computer that  
> didn't
> heed it, would be nice to give away my old PC with new Jaws on it. To
> the
> Braille Institute or something.
>
> Nice ,anyway, a thought experiment. How about it, Mackies?
>
> I have one more question, also to do with my daydreaming, but I'll  
> post
> it
> separately.
>
>
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