[nabs-l] Does anyone use a MacBook or MacBook Pro for school?

[Dezman Jackson]

One great thing about the Mac is that you can have Windows on the machine as 
well thereby giving you the flexibility of both operating systems.

Dezman
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow at gmail.com>
To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] Does anyone use a MacBook or MacBook Pro for school?


> Hello Sally,
>
> As with many things inside and outside the assistive technology arena, a
> judgment of which solution is the "best" for any particular application 
> can
> be subjective.
>
> If your son is able to complete his school work on terms of equality with
> his sighted peers, then the solution is best for his needs. If he is not,
> then, perhaps, some modification is in order.
>
> Many schools continue to rely on Apple for all or most of their 
> technology,
> so your son's ability to use the same computer as other kids at school is
> probably a big help to him, his teachers and the school's support staff.
>
> On the other hand, if the school relies on Windows, then he might want to
> consider switching to a screen reader like System Access, Window-Eyes or
> JAWS.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Darrell
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf
> Of Sally Thomas
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 6:34 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Does anyone use a MacBook or MacBook Pro for school?
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm the parent of a blind 13 year old.  He tells me that the screen reader
> on the MacBook is great and that it is better than using a Windows 
> computer
> with JAWS.  I'm curious whether or not this is true.  Have any of you used
> both?  How do they compare?  Which do you prefer?  Any insight you have
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Sally Thomas
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/darrell.shandrow%40g
> mail.com
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> nabs-l mailing list
> nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/listinfo/nabs-l_nfbnet.org
> To unsubscribe, change your list options or get your account info for 
> nabs-l:
> http://www.nfbnet.org/mailman/options/nabs-l_nfbnet.org/jackson.dezman%40gmail.com
>