[Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC

[Gerald Levy]

Meanwhile, I am still chugging along just fine on my XP workstation, thank 
you, and all the scare mongering about how hackers and aliens from outer 
space would render our systems useless after support ended in April has 
turned out to be, as you Brits like to say, rubbiwsh.  I am holding out 
until Windows 9 is released next April, which should be a big improvement 
over Windows 8.

Gerald


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher Hallsworth via Electronics-talk" 
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To: "Star Song" <starsong at gmx.com>; "Discussion of accessible electronics 
and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC


>I would go for a Mac as I believe this is the way forward for us especially 
>if you have iOS devices as well. If not you can buy a PC with Windows 7 or 
>8.1 which are both good versions of Windows however 7 is more like XP in 
>terms of its interface. You also have Classic Shell which works for both 7 
>and 8.1. XP doesn't exist in the wild now as support ended April of this 
>year.
>
> Christopher Hallsworth
> Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
> www.hadley.edu
>
> On 17/08/2014 14:44, Star Song via Electronics-talk wrote:
>> Hello all, I need to get a new laptop, and am wondering if I should get a 
>> MAC. I have only had an  Asus PC, and use it only for its internet and 
>> DVD/CD capabilities. I am a mediocre skills user, able to do mostly what 
>> I need, but don't know much more than that about how to figure out more 
>> complexx operations. I don't have anyone who can help me with my computer 
>> unless I take it to a store. But I thought maybe from what everyone has 
>> said on this list A MAC would be better, since I still have Windows XP 
>> and don't feel comfortable graduating to Windows 8. Can you advise me? 
>> Thanks,   Shonen
>>
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