[nabs-l] why I want a mac

[David Andrews]

Beth -- I work for a rehab agency -- not Colorado, and in all 
honesty, I have to say the justifications you have given for wanting 
a Mac wouldn't do it for me.  You are basically saying I want one.

At this point we buy mainly Windows machines because that is where 
we, and our trainers have the most experience.  It is what is still 
used at the majority of work sites and there is more Windows 
knowledge in the blind community then Mac.  This is changing some, 
but you need to say what you can do with the Mac that you can't do 
with a Windows PC.

Dave

At 09:00 AM 7/24/2012, you wrote:
>I am using a BrailleNote, which is compromising my ability to get on 
>certain websites. Internet Explorer or Safari do it better than Keyweb.
>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 09:06:58 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] why I want a mac
>
>Beth,
>then what do you use now to write messages if the pc is ruined?
>If you want a mac badly, have parents or a charity buy it for you.
>BAsed on numerous comments here, it sounds like rehab doesn't buy macs.
>Besides, you need to keep your windows skills up for employment. employers
>use windows pcs and they will hire applicants well versed in microsoft and
>windows applications.
>
>Ashley
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Beth
>Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:09 AM
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] why I want a mac
>
>True, Ignasi, the thing is my PC is not under warranty and is
>broken.  So it doesn't work, and the ruined hard drive has to go
>in the trash.  That's all.
>Beth
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Ignasi Cambra <ignasicambra at gmail.com
>To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
><nabs-l at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 02:33:52 -0700
>Subject: Re: [nabs-l] why I want a mac
>
>Beth,
>I don't think anyone is saying that you don't have reasons to
>want a
>Mac. I wanted a Mac because I find that it gives me a much better
>user
>experience than Windows did. I could afford it and I bought it.
>Now...
>If I couldn't afford my Mac and I had a pc that works just fine
>could
>I have convinced rehab to buy me one? Probably not, because I
>didn't
>really need a Mac. I just wanted one, which is very respectable
>but is
>also not rehab's problem.
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Jul 24, 2012, at 2:17 AM, Beth <thebluesisloose at gmail.com
>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