[Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC

[Beverly Crook]

Hi,
  Does anyone have a Mac book air? If so what do you think of it?
  I have a Mac Book Pro and lost my patience for learning it, wondering if 
the Air would be the same?
  Thanks for any info.
    Blessings, Beverly

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From: "David Andrews via Electronics-talk" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2014 3:42 AM
To: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited at verizon.net>; "Discussion of accessible 
electronics and appliances" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] MAC vs PC

> Gerald:
>
> I do think that threats become exaggerated, however, on the other hand, 
> your computer may be pumping out junk mail as part of a bot net, and you 
> wouldn't necessarily know it.
>
> Dave
>
> At 12:12 PM 8/17/2014, you wrote:
>
>>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" <electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>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
>
>         David Andrews and long white cane Harry.
> E-Mail:  dandrews at visi.com or david.andrews at nfbnet.org
>
>
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