[Electronics-talk] Mac vs. PC

[Joe Foster]

I am one of those with both systems on my new Apple. I am finding the new MS
software a big step backwards with respect to accessibility but have chosen
to use it as my key tool simply because I have been using MS and JAWS since
the days of DOS.

I am aware that Apple is more intuitive in many areas and plan to move
towards their tools slowly so that my work is not slowed down in the
process. 

Welcome comments from others.

Joe

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[mailto:electronics-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Baracco, Andrew W
Sent: 22-Feb-11 12:03 PM
To: Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] Mac vs. PC

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


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[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
> 
> 
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