[nfbmi-talk] mac book

[Elizabeth]

Ah, I see then. So must be you were able to try out a Mac without actually 
buying one then. Is there a way that the average person can do this as well 
as those who are more technically inclined such as yourself? I would love to 
be able to try one out for a few days to see what all the fuss is about 
before deciding on a new computer. I know there are several different 
opinions out there regarding computers, but everyone I talk to all seem to 
agree that I am in need of a new one.

Thanks so much for all your technical opinions.

Elizabeth

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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 6:55 PM
To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] mac book

> Two reasons -- the main one is that I can't afford one at this time, or in 
> the foreseeable future, and secondly, I have to do a lot of things on the 
> web, like mailing list maintenance for this and our other 200 lists, and I 
> am not sure Safari is as efficient on the web, with commands as JAWS and 
> IE are to me now.  They may be, but my little experience wasn't 
> reassuring.
>
> Dave
>
> At 11:15 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>Hi Dave,
>>
>>Would you be willing to explain why you will not be switching over to the 
>>Mac at this point in time?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Elizabeth--------------------------------------------------
>>
>>From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>>Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2011 11:55 AM
>>To: "NFB of Michigan Internet Mailing List" <nfbmi-talk at nfbnet.org>
>>Subject: Re: [nfbmi-talk] mac book
>>
>>>I am not the best to ask, I have used a Mac for a couple days, and had 
>>>some training, but haven't switched over, and am not going to do so, for 
>>>now.  There is a learning curve, some things seem easier, some more 
>>>complicated, but mostly different.  Lots of commands to memorize, but if 
>>>you taught yourself JAWS you can handle it.  On any Mac type command-F5 
>>>and it will start talking, command is immediately to either side of the 
>>>spacebar.
>>>
>>>Dave
>>>
>>>At 10:37 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>>>is it easy to learn? when i learned jaws the first time, it didn't
>>>>take me long to figure it out, and to learn the key commands. I ask
>>>>this because I'm tired of shelling out money i don't have just to
>>>>upgrade a software that isn't that great to begin with.  I can't
>>>>imagine it being hard to learn. I'm hoping to go to the apple store
>>>>soon, and have them show me how to use it so that when i do purchase
>>>>one, i will know what i'm doing. i love the iphone, and how smooth the
>>>>voiceover is on it. it was a lot easier than i thought it would be
>>>>touse.
>>>>
>>>>On 9/21/11, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:
>>>> > VoiceOver is quite usable, but it is quite different from JAWS.  The
>>>> > key commands are not the same and some of the underlying concepts
>>>> > with the Mac and  VoiceOver are different.  Pre-conceptions from
>>>> > Windows and JAWS seem to be a big part of what a Windows user has to
>>>> > get past when learning the Apple.
>>>> >
>>>> > Dave
>>>> >
>>>> > At 09:50 AM 9/21/2011, you wrote:
>>>> >>Hello all,
>>>> >>Does any one here own a mac book? if  so, I'm thinking about getting
>>>> >>one in the near future, and i was wondering how similar the voiceover
>>>> >>program is like jaws,  meaning, are the key commands the same? I
>>>> >>haven't had the chance to actually check it out at the apple store, 
>>>> >>so
>>>> >>i thought to ask before i go, and play with it. If anyone owns it,
>>>> >>please email me, so that I'm not flooding everyone's mail box on 
>>>> >>here.
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>>>> >>thanks,
>>>> >>Annother
>>>> >>thanks,
>>>> >>Ann
>
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