[Electronics-talk] mac vs PC

Sat Feb 19 20:22:49 UTC 2011

okay canthose of you wo have changed to the mac what is the biggest or best 
thing you like and what abouta learning curve from windows to mack?
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From: "louie" <louiemost at wavecable.com>
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>I have a del sitting on my desktop. If I need windows I will start it up. 
>This has not happened in over 6 months. Like I said:
> Got a Mac and not going back.
>
> On Feb 19, 2011, at 11:09 AM, Jorge Paez wrote:
>
>> Same here.
>> I also duelbooted Windows with a full version of JAWS
>> in case I need to do anything in there,
>> or for school/applications that don't work on Mac.
>>
>> But certainly, I prefer running both systems on my Mac and have never 
>> regretted my decision.
>>
>> Jorge
>>
>>
>> On Feb 19, 2011, at 2:01 PM, louie wrote:
>>
>>> Got a Mac and not going back.
>>>
>>> On Feb 19, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Priscilla Garces wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm a totally blind user of both PC and the Mac. At first it took some 
>>>> time to really figure out the mac, but now its pretty intuitive. I 
>>>> would be flat out lying if I said mac is so easy on the first try, no, 
>>>> not really folks; it does take some getting used to the different 
>>>> settings . On top of the different way it is set up, the cursor is 
>>>> different on the mac than on the PC. on the PC the cursor is to the 
>>>> right of the text, but on the mac the cursor is between the 2 letters. 
>>>> for instance, if you spelled mac the cursor on windows is to the right 
>>>> of the letter c and on the mac the cursor is between the a and c. In 
>>>> windows jaws would be saying m a c every time you arrow to the left or 
>>>> right which is more accurate when proofreading. On the mac, the cursor 
>>>> is between the letters which makes it confusing and you then end up 
>>>> deleting the wrong letter, but you can set the cursor to work like 
>>>> windows under the preferences for voiceover. It took me a while to 
>>>> figure the settings but I can
>>> now do that with no problem. The advantage of owning the mac is the cost 
>>> effective solution and the in person technical support you receive with 
>>> added training at there centers whereas windows you have to sometimes 
>>> send out parts of a computer and if you need tech support you have to 
>>> wait a long time especially if you have to deal with jaws and it's 
>>> flukes. besides the in person tech support and servicing of parts 
>>> between both PC and mac, on the PC you can only use the keyboard with 
>>> jaws and thus it takes longer sometimes to complete the needed tasks 
>>> where as on the mac you can use the trackpad as a mouse and you can 
>>> actually press on any part of the trackpad and it will read the text on 
>>> the screen. + navigation with the trackpad is faster and more so if you 
>>> use the keyboard in addition to the mac. Voice over has cool voices and 
>>> are more up to date whereas jaws have the monotone robotic voices which 
>>> makes me personally want to fall asleep when reading tedious amounts of 
>>> documents as
>>> a college students. I love alex because his voice is a lot more 
>>> humanlike and has a variety of expression. In that case I would just say 
>>> that you have to decide on what you feel more comfortable. But me 
>>> personally after the mac i'm not looking back except when I work at an 
>>> office using a PC but for personal use, that's a different story. What 
>>> is your view on the use of the Mac verses PC?
>>>> I'm just curious to know if some of you share the same opinion or have 
>>>> something similar.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Priscilla Garces
>>>> priscillagarces1987 at hotmail.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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