hey lynne,
yeah, i know about the fact of windows not being the use of this list, but
unfortunitley i will never be able to leave windows totally because of the
job i am aiming at, but for personal use, i want to go mac, since it is way
more of a stable os compared to the new windows, don't get me worng they are
good os's, but yes, mac sees to be the way i want to go.. i just kind of
want to know the basics, i know this is a comparison between the 2, but what
are the differences between pages, numbers, keynote, etc compared to ms
office?... i have 0 experiance, i just kinda want to know what i am up
against when i go for the switch. Im seriously looking at getting myself a
mac book pro, with the top for everything, all my specs will max the system
for upgrades, what can i then do with the voice over on the mac? how does it
work and all that..:D.. i am so curious, because we don't have an apple
store near by me, it is like 8 hour drive away..lol.. and the guys who sell
the apple products, well they are umm, dorks who don't kknow jack about
accessibility.
thank youuuu
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From: "Mrs. Lynnette Annabel Smith" <ly...@mac-access.net>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:37 AM
Subject: Re: pc vs mac
Hello
First, please let's stay away from the discussion of Windows; that's not
what this group is about. I understand why you mentioned it in the context
of your question and that's fine. I just wouldn't like to see a discussion
on the future of Microsoft or their products on this list.
Here's a bit of advice for whatever it is worth for you from somebody who
has full vision; but also has a passionate interest in accessibility as I
am married to a blind person.
First, don't draw comparisons. When you get your Mac and start using it,
forget about Windows and how everything worked. If you stop expecting
things to happen in a certain way when you perform a certain action
because that's how it is with Windows, you'll find things easier.
OS X is quite different from Windows; but the basics of the GUI are
similar. But there are lots of things to help you with the transition and
many of them can be found on this list if, and this is important, you let
go of prejudices and preconceptions. This isn't personal comment, it is
generic. But I encourage you to make the swap. My blind husband is one of
those who have, and he is now at the level where he's heavily involved as
a professional systems administrator for a growing company which is
reliant on Macs throughout the business owing to the Mac's superiority in
the specific fields of interest and also in network performance. Gordon
now doesn't touch Windows except for the rare occasions he needs to do
Braille transcription on a large scale.
I hope that at least some of that will help you. But please don't be
afraid to use this list to ask questions. You'll never be flamed or
ridiculed; that kind of behaviour isn't tolerated in this group.
Lynne
On 15 Jul 2011, at 17:55, douglas rudolph wrote:
hey guys, this is probley a drawn out sort of question, but i am seriously
looking at getting a mac, since the new version to be coming out for
windows is windows 8 and it sounds to be mobile based which is very
difficult with our screen readers, and im wondering, what are some major
learning curves i wil have to learn to be successful on the mac?
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