[Electronics-talk] Mac vs. PC

Tue Feb 22 17:57:11 UTC 2011

One thing that is not accessible on the Mac is the Microsoft suite of
products.  There are a few substitutes, but none of them is perfect,
especially in a collaborative environment, where you need to be able
to make surgical changes to a document, without the rest of the
document changing.

Jim

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:52:18PM -0500, Jorge Paez wrote:
> Andy:
> It depends.
> There are some stuff--such as gaming (yes, there are games accessible for the blind),
> and such at which Winodws has a better chance simply because its more open.
> 
> But, Mac can serve any and all basic needs as an exclusive system.
> 
> 
> 
> On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:03 PM, Baracco, Andrew W wrote:
> 
> > I joined a blind Mac users list to get an idea of how functional the Mac
> > is for blind users.  And, it seems like just about everyone on that list
> > uses Windows in addition to the Mac, either by having a separate Windows
> > PC, or by using Windows on the same PC, either by using a duel boot
> > system, or by running Windows under a virtual machine.  Thus one can
> > infer that, at least as far as a blind user is concerned, the Mac does
> > not afford enough functionality to use it exclusively.
> > 
> > Andy
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
> > [mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of louie
> > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2011 11:02 AM
> > To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
> > Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] mac vs PC
> > 
> > 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
> >> 
> >> 
> >> 
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> Electronics-talk mailing list
> >> Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> >> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org
> >> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> > Electronics-talk:
> >> 
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/louiem
> > ost%40wavecable.com
> > 
> > louie
> > louiemost at wavecable.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Electronics-talk mailing list
> > Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org
> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> > Electronics-talk:
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/andrew
> > .baracco%40va.gov
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > Electronics-talk mailing list
> > Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org
> > To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Electronics-talk:
> > http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/jorgeapaez%40mac.com
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Electronics-talk mailing list
> Electronics-talk at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for Electronics-talk:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/electronics-talk_nfbnet.org/jbar%40barcore.com
> 