[nabs-l] iphone or mac?

[Sophie Trist]

Tony, could you please clarify what you mean when you say 
intensive productivity? I'm afraid I don't understand exactly 
what you're trying to say. I have found my apex able to handle 
all reading, writing, and editing assignments I've had in the 
past.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Olivero <anthony at olivero.us
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Date sent: Sat, 12 May 2012 23:27:39 -0500
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] iphone or mac?

Sophie,

In a way, your decision is almost comparing apples to oranges. 
Your
iPhone and Apex are both  portable computing solutions, where a
computer (whether you go with a mac or a Windows based system) is 
a
much more powerful package. If you are a student, you are likely 
to
want a platform capable of intensive word processing, data
calculation, and access to research databases, just to name a few
possibilities. While portable computing platforms have come a 
long way
in the past ten years, they still are not a replacement for the 
power
and functionality you gain with a computer.

It is and will likely remain my belief for some time, necessary 
to
have access to a desktop or notebook computer and use the 
portable
solution (iPhone/BraillNote in your case) for note taking, 
e-mail, and
other things that you need to do while mobile, and continue to 
use a
computer for intensive productivity tasks.

Tony

On 5/11/12, Valerie Gibson <valandkayla at gmail.com> wrote:
 depends on what you're after. my first thought was terminal, or 
an ssh
 client.
 apart from that, a larger storage space, and it's faster.
 I guess if you lumped the bn and iPhone into one ball, you'd 
have almost the
 same features of the mac, but maybe i'm forgetting something.
 oh, not sure if the bn can do ftp either.
 On May 11, 2012, at 5:59 PM, Sophie Trist wrote:

 Dear All,

 I currently use a braillenote apex and an iPhone 4S running IOS 
5.1. I am
 debating the issue of whether I should get a Mac, and your input 
would be
 very helpufl in this decision, because I know a lot of y'all use 
a Mac
 with Voiceover. My main question is, what abilities does a Mac 
have that
 an iPhone and braillenote do not have?
 Yours,
 Sophie

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