[gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops

Fri Aug 14 15:57:50 UTC 2009

I attended informational sessions about the Mac, iPhone, and Voiceover
at the ACB convention, and at our local visually impaired computer users
group here in L. A., and I am impressed with what I saw.  I started out
with an Apple in 1983, and it would only be fitting that I come full
circle.  At home, I am not a power user, so it  appears that a Mac could
do what I would need it to do.  The only economic drawback, is that
Macs, especially Mac laptops are much more expensive than Windows PC's
and laptops.  One could say that this isn't really true, because the
adaptive technology is built into the OS, but this would only apply to
folks who are starting out, because I already have purchased a Windows
Screen reader.  As was said previously, there are two ways to run
windows on a Mac.  One is a utility called Bootcamp, which creates a
dual boot system.  The other is a utility called Fusion, which allows
you to run Windows in its own Window with your Windows screen reader, so
you can have the best of both worlds.  I do not know how difficult it
would be to set up either Bootcamp or Fusion, but fortunately, here in
L. A. we have a blind Mac guru, and I am sure that, for a price, of
course, I could get him to help me set it up.

Andy

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On Behalf Of Les Kriegler
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:49 AM
To: 'NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops

Hi Joel,

Interesting you're bringing this up.  Actually, I've decided that when
the
upgrade to the Mac Operating System comes out, I'm purchasing a Mac
laptop.
Many of their laptops come with 4 Gigs of memory, and I plan to install
Windows 7 on the laptop as well.  There is software that allows one to
switch back and forth Between Mac and Windows without the need to
re-boot
one's system.  So I'm taking the plunge, likely next month.  I've
started
reading up on the Mac and on the screen reader called VoiceOver and I
like
what I've read thus far.  Obviously, I cannot give you impressions of
using
a Mac yet, although I've confident I'll learn it when I start working on
it.
I took a year to learn Doss, I'll invoke the same plan with learning the
Mac.  Eventually, I hope to be in a position to train others, as I
suspect
there will be a need for this to occur.

Les 

-----Original Message-----
From: gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:gui-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org]
On
Behalf Of Joel Deutsch
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:16 AM
To: GUI-Talk
Subject: [gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops

as I've sort of watched the Mac evolving over the past couple of years
in
the sense that its operating system seems to be getting close to
achieving
self-voicing screen reader capability that an experienced jaws guy like
me
might be able to take seriously, I'm asking for some thoughts.

Aren't there a couple of folks on this list who actually, already, *are*
Mac
desktop or laptop users? How do you folks like your Macs? And Albert, I
know
you've been toying with the idea of going Mac, same as I'm expressing
now. 
Just seems interesting to think about, now that I allow myself. This in
spite of the fact that I have Jaws 11 already paid for on my SMA, but my
goodness. I guess if I could get myself a brand new computer that didn't
heed it, would be nice to give away my old PC with new Jaws on it. To
the
Braille Institute or something.

Nice ,anyway, a thought experiment. How about it, Mackies?

I have one more question, also to do with my daydreaming, but I'll post
it
separately.

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