[Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

[Judy Jones]

Most people need to go to the store or outlet to try it out.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com>
To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of


    Ok. How can I get an in home demonstration of a mac book pro? I'm a
hands on learner. I can't sit here and listen to pod casts of people talking
about a product. In order for me to decide if it's something worth
pursueing, I would need to play with it. I'm not going to go to Best Buy or
another computer store to play. I'd rather do it in the comfort of my home.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ray Foret Jr
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 2:24 PM
To: Blind Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of

Well, first of all, A Mac mini is not a lap top.  IF it's a lap top you
want, I'd go with the Mac book or Mac book pro.  That will set you back a
bit.  To find out more, go here.
www.apple.com.

The one I used is the fifteen inch Mac book Pro.


Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!

Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!

Skype name:
barefootedray

On Aug 25, 2012, at 2:07 PM, "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com> wrote:

>   What is a Mac mini? Please fill me in on the features, compairing it to 
> a regular laptop.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Ray Foret Jr
> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 1:01 PM
> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>
> Well, I don't know about more expensive.  You can get a Mac mini for just 
> about $7.00 or so  and have Voice Over built in.  No more trying to get 
> authorization keys, no more unstable behavior, no more exorbent prices 
> that poor blind people can't pay.  But, there's another side to it. 
> There's quite a learning curve.  Do not go in to this expecting the Mac to 
> behave like windows.  It ain't gonna  happen.  It took me about two or 
> three weeks to get my head around the concepts.  Very easy once you get 
> used to it; but, be duely warned, it's not windows; and, you'll find 
> yourself frustrated if you go in to this expecting windows-like behavior.
>
>
> Sincerely,
> The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!!
>
> Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!!
>
> Skype name:
> barefootedray
>
> On Aug 25, 2012, at 12:40 PM, "Judy Jones" <jtj1 at cableone.net> wrote:
>
>> I hear the Mac is a very good system, very stable, but also more 
>> expensive than a Windows system.
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nikki" <daizies304 at gmail.com>
>> To: "Blind Talk Mailing List" <blindtlk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:32 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>>
>>
>>  Yeah. I didn't learn that until after the problems began.
>>
>> I started with Vista, then the laptop's mother board fried. I had to buy 
>> a
>> new laptop, but Windows 7 was all you could find. When I tried loading 
>> the
>> program, it wouldn't complete and say something like "this is an invalid
>> platform. I was confused and didn't know what that meant. I called FS, 
>> they
>> told me to just download the 64 byte version and it will work. So, that's
>> what I'm running on now.
>>
>> I would like to know what some of you computer tech guys think of macs 
>> and
>> the voice over. Is it better than windows OS and JAWS? Would it be smart 
>> to
>> go in that direction? How well does it work?
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: David Andrews
>> Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:48 AM
>> To: Blind Talk Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of
>>
>> JAWS 10 was never designed to work with Windows
>> 7.  This could be causing some of your problems.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> At 11:09 PM 8/24/2012, you wrote:
>>> Ok. Phew! I'm not the only one experiencing issues with JAWS not 
>>> responding. I think it's a number of things with my computer. #1. I have 
>>> JAWS 10 on a windows 7 laptop. #2. I let a friend talk me into 
>>> downloading all these different programs that will help speed up my 
>>> computer. It helped, but started causing problems. It is quite 
>>> frustrating to hear a chimed dialog box but nothing is said. The other 
>>> day, as it was starting up, it had a starting windows repair window open 
>>> saying not to turn off or restart the computer, but JAWS didn't say 
>>> that. My 7 year old son read it to me and asked me if I wanted him to 
>>> close the window. The computer would have been sitting here with that 
>>> window open and I would have been getting upset and worried that my 
>>> computer wasn't starting up properly. Right now, I have a window open 
>>> for an adobe flash player update, but I don't know how to get to it. 
>>> Occasionally JAWS will say, "update ready to be installed" and that's 
>>> it. I have issues with Fire Fox as well. Every time I open it, I have to 
>>> use the "alt tab" command twice in order to use the program. Sometimes, 
>>> when I hit the applications key and scroll up to "send to," it will stop 
>>> talking before or just after I reach it. IDK if there is an auto correct 
>>> in Word 2007, but, I'll be typing along and I'll want to go back, re 
>>> read what I just typed, and somehow my sentences were broken up and 
>>> rearranged. It does it in my email as well. I use Windows Live Mail 
>>> because I don't know how to use gmail on the site. -----Original 
>>> Message----- From: Sherry Gomes Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 10:31 PM 
>>> To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm 
>>> tired of I have that happen a lot with internet explorer 9, and it is 
>>> the application, not jaws, because when everything starts up again, 
>>> there's a message saying internet explorer stopped working. Outlook too, 
>>> oh man, it hangs a lot, just freezes and locks up the whole darn 
>>> computer, particularly first thing in the morning. -----Original 
>>> Message----- From: blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org 
>>> [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman Sent: 
>>> Friday, August 24, 2012 8:50 PM To: 'Blind Talk Mailing List' Subject: 
>>> Re: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of Perhaps the application you're 
>>> using has stopped responding for some reason. I find this happens 
>>> periodically in windows 7. Mike -----Original Message----- From: 
>>> blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindtlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf Of Nikki Sent: Friday, August 24, 2012 7:27 PM To: 
>>> blindtlk at nfbnet.org Subject: [Blindtlk] One thing I'm tired of     In 
>>> the middle of a task, command, or navigating the net, JAWS just stops 
>>> talking, sometimes with a stutter or short muffle. IDK what it�s doing 
>>> or why, but there are times when I end up turning offf or restarting. 
>>> Sometimes I can get JAWS back on. Any thoughts as to why this is 
>>> happening? _______________________________________________
>>
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