I have not used a windows system for the past 11 years. In fact, I have done perfectly well without all that windows/jaws/nvaccess combo. Apple's eco system gives me the unix/linux/terminal facility I need, the music production and hardware connectivity for my sound design and instrument recording, connects perfectly with my iphone and other devices for photo air dropping, recording video and placing to youtube etc, and my academic work is done with the mac. My line of work is software engineering, and all the math stuff works fine now on the mac, and the best IDEs for coding are now fully accessible on the mac. I have no idea if I will at all ever touch a windows system, and am quite happy to remain that way as Apple's accessibility department is right up there, and will keep evolving regardless because it's there to stay.
This touch bar though, :) Yuma > On 26 Apr 2021, at 4:15 am, 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > My MacBook Pro is very fast. I can’t recall the specs off the top off the top > of my head but I am very impressed with the M1 speed and I would not hesitate > to buy it again if I had a do over. > I have a 16 GB, 1 TB model and I also have a Lenovo with the same windows 10 > setup. My Mac is so much faster I am sometimes shocked at the difference. > Even if I had the desire to run a Virtual Machine on my Mac I would not. I > specifically bought this machine to get away from third party screen readers > and learn Voiceover. > Merv > > > >> On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:20 PM, Les Kriegler <kriegle...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Merv and Interested Others, >> I plan to purchase a new laptop reasonably soon, but I have time to do my >> research. I currently have a Surface Pro, a Windows machine. An Apple rep >> told me that the ||M1 chip does not allow for running of Windows on the >> latest |Macs. Is this accurate? I had used a Mac laptop many years ago and >> am considering the 13 inch laptop with the M1 chip. I'd like to know how >> fast your system is. If I listen to Appple, it sounds like a revolutionary >> jump in performance and productivity. If the Touch Barr is a headache, can >> it be disabled? I'm certain I will have other questions, but this is good >> for starters. Thanks. >> Best, >> >> Les >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 'Mervin Keck III' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2021 8:23 AM >> To: 'Robert Cole' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: mac os big sur + mbp 16 2020: feel totally ripped off by the >> touch bar >> >> I have the m1 13 inch MacBook Pro 2020 with the Touch Bar. I have only one >> issue which Apple Support is not able to resolve. The Sen button is not >> functional in Mail. Other than that I use the Touch Bar extensively with no >> problems. I understand the keyboard is small and I have long skinny fingers >> which may make a difference for me. >> Merv >> >> >>> On Apr 25, 2021, at 1:43 AM, Yuma Decaux <jamy...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> I am ranting on this post, but I really cannot stand this touch bar >>> anymore. It's completely useless on a functional basis, as when trying to >>> do stuff in an efficient way, such as switching applications and using the >>> function keys for doing the switches, I have to keep massaging the damn >>> touch bar with a finger long enough for it to decide to wake up at some >>> point. Each time I do this, it's like a 4 to 6 second wait. that time is >>> enough for me to have to remember either the line of math or code or >>> whatever I was keeping in memory to move across to another application or >>> such. >>> >>> I really cannot stand this absolute farce of a feature which is meant to >>> make things look pretty but has no use at all when it comes to being >>> productive. And having a mac for me is meant to be synonymous with being >>> efficient and productive, least path of resistance, it just works, those >>> kind of things. The touch bar is the complete contrarian design idiocy that >>> for some reason creeped into a perfectly awesome laptop which is the >>> macbook pro 16 inch. >>> >>> I spent over 7000 australian dollars for this, and the touch bar itself >>> jjust makes me want to throw this laptop out of the window at least 5 times >>> a day, simply because this entire row of touch screen pretty pretty but >>> totally useless b buttons is there not wanting to wake up snappilly and >>> respond to what I want it to do. >>> >>> A complete thumbs down on whoever gave the green light on this most stupid >>> feature. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>> Visionaries list. >>> >>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >>> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >>> or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>> >>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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