[nabs-l] why I want a mac

[Beth]

I agree, Ashley.  My parents should purchase the computer and not 
complain about it either.  It's bad enough that my parents don't 
want to and they'd rather buy my brother the stupid video games 
than buy me a stupid Mac.  It really goes to show how much 
favoritism runs in families.  Favorites are the sighted, and not 
the blind.
Beth

 ----- Original Message -----
From: "Ashley Bramlett" <bookwormahb at earthlink.net
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:06:06 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] why I want a mac

Tyler,
While I agree Beth needs to comprimise, I also think perhaps we 
should be
supportive.
A lot of people struggle getting what they need through rehab. I 
said pretty
much the same thing as you, without being blunt.
I wonder, has anyone had rehab purchase a mac? I still have over 
50 messages
to read on the rehab thread,
but I don't think any nabster has come forward and said rehab got 
them a
mac.
I say this  to point out that many people like macs for various 
reasons, but
rehab did
not get them one.

Anyway, Beth, I'd suggest you justify that and if you cannot, 
then get a pc
through them.
At this point, it sounds like you'd be lucky for them to pay for 
college a
third time for you.
I'd be thankful if they paid for college and get a  mac through 
other means.

You know all, as a side note this is why parents IMO should get 
equipment
for students. Some cannot afford it I know. But it seems to me 
parents
should buy more equipment for blind children rather than relying 
on the
government for it!  Its part of being a supportive parent. 
Parents get
sighted kids cars, car insurance, many visual entertainment games 
including
the wii and playstation, computers, computer accessories, and 
more. Yet
blind children do not get computers and the software to run them. 
Something
is wrong with this picture. BTW, my parents bought my pc, but not 
my braille
note. So they did share some of the cost of buying equipment and 
sending me
to school which is part of rasing a kid.

Ashley


-----Original Message-----
From: Littlefield, Tyler
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 10:36 AM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] why I want a mac

It really sounds like you're just trying to jump on the mac band 
waggon.
Great, "universal" accessibility. Now call apple and ask a 
voiceover
question. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. It sounds 
like
you're changing your mind as to why you want it, which is fine I 
guess,
but you really need to figure out why it is you need a mac. You 
get good
tech support from a lot of companies that sell pcs too, so that's 
out as
well.

Basically here's what this comes down to.
You can keep complaining about dvr and not getting a mac. You've 
said
you failed college twice already, and they won't put you through 
it
again. At this point, you need to accept whatever you can get,
compromize and work with them. Going in requesting a $1500 system 
and
holding to it when they already have issues about putting you 
through
school for the third time isn't going to get you anywhere. It's 
all your
choice, just wanted to throw all that out there.
On 7/24/2012 3:13 AM, Beth wrote:
 Hi, all.
 To explain why I would like a Mac is simple: universal 
accessibility
 integrated into the product.  Also, I really want something with 
good tech
 support.  The tech support people from India sometimes don't 
speak good
 English, and given the demographics of india and its people, 
blindness is
 not thought to be a good thing in India.  So if I said, "Whuat 
do I do
 because JAWs isn't working?"  They'll have no answer for me.  
That's all I
 can say.  There are other reasons I want a mac, and I want to be 
able to
 use one so bad.
 Beth

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