Hi Olivia, Remember that a lot of us who are coming to the Mac now, have been Windows users for many years, which means, unfortunately, that we already own that expensive third-party software. :)
Speaking only for myself of course, I got a Mac b/c I like the notion of out-of-the-box accessibility, and I want to support Apple in this approach. I would also be happy to stop paying for upgrades to that expensive 3rd-party software. When I bought my Mac, my plan had been to abandon Windows completely, but I have found that simply isn't possible. Right now, there is not a good scanning option for the Mac, unless you want to commit to fine-reader without a demo, and use it in conjunction with Vuescan. My copy of Kurzweil works great, so I continue to scan on my old Windows machine. I also find that some Word docs with tables in them read much better in Windows than on the Mac. I also use the Duxbury translator, which runs under Windows. Also, several of us have noted that audio captchas work much better under windows than they do on the Mac. Moreover, at least on the faculty end, Blackboard works *much better under Windows, in fact, as of last winter, Safari 4 wasn't even supported. So, though I had not planned to continue using Windows, for all of the above reasons, I still do. My solution has been to simply hang onto my Windows machine. But if you can't do that for whatever reason, your only option is to run a dual-boot system on your Mac. I love my Mac, but right now it simply cannot completely replace my Windows machine. So, until it can, I'll be running both. Take care, Donna On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:05 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just don't > understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what they use it > for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience with windows over > the last few years, that it just simply isn't worth the trouble and expense > for most people. Consider that windows isn't accessible out of the box, so > you've often got to get some expensive third party solution like Jaws to make > it accessible to you, as well as purchasing windows. I guess the question > I'm asking here, is if you're going to shell out the cash for windows, and > the third party access solutions, why get a mac in te first place? Also, > from a VO users prospective, how difficult is it to switch between the two > operating systems? > I'm just curious, and if you're using windows, I would be interested in > knowing why and how you switch between the OS's? > Thanks for appeasing my curiosity! I'm sure there are totally good reasons > for using windows on a mac, I'd just like to know why/what they are! > Olivia > "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
