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

[Mike Arrigo]

I actually have windows xp on my mac using fusion, and I also have a  
pc, I se both of them less and less and am mainly using the mac  
operating system now, my mac is a desktop.
On Aug 14, 2009, at 10:24 PM, Joel Deutsch wrote:

> Mike,
>
> I'm not sure exactly what you mean by your last statement. You're  
> using your
> Windows less ad less? By that, do you mean you keep another computer  
> which
> runs under Windows, but you're using it less and less as you become  
> more
> comfortable with this new Mac of yours? Or do you mean you've had  
> Windows on
> that Mac either under Boot Camp or the other thing, but you're  
> allowing
> yourself to just use the MAC OS more and more of the time without  
> the safety
> wheels, so to speak?
>
> Also, is this a desktop or a laptop you're using, this new Mac? I  
> guess it
> can't be quite that new, if a new OS is about to be released. but  
> you know
> what I mean. New in your life, anyway.
>
> thanks.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Arrigo" <n0oxy at charter.net>
> To: "NFBnet GUI Talk Mailing List" <gui-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [gui-talk] Basic inquiry about Mac, including the laptops
>
>
> Hi, I am typing this message on my mac. I'd say that voice over isn't
> just close to providing the same access, it's there already and with
> the new release of the operating system next month, it will get even
> better. Since I've had my mac, I have found myself using windows less
> and less.
> On Aug 14, 2009, at 1:16 AM, Joel Deutsch wrote:
>
>> 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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