[Electronics-talk] mac vs PC

Sat Feb 19 21:34:08 UTC 2011

Well, you guys have convinced me that the next laptop I get will be a Mac.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jorge Paez" <jorgeapaez at mac.com>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
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Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] mac vs PC


> Share your feelings.
> I used to have a Dell that I gave to my parrents since I had my Mac.
> I still don't mind running duel boot when I need to though.
>
>
> On Feb 19, 2011, at 2:22 PM, louie wrote:
>
>> 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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>>>> louie
>>>> louiemost at wavecable.com
>>>>
>>>>
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>> louie
>> louiemost at wavecable.com
>>
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