You're like me! I'm a true mac fan girl, and I'd never use jaws again, personally. I'm pretty lucky because I can use my mac at work, but I know unfortunately, that most places are still using windows and microsoft. I hope you're able to figure out jaws enough to use it for work. I am sure that there are people on this list who can give you some jaws tips and tricks. Olivia "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs
On Jun 18, 2010, at 7:28 AM, Chris Moore wrote: > I have parallels installed on my Mac. I already had Windows xp installed via > BootCamp which I used rarely for applications that you could not get to run > on a Mac back in the day when I used to have a Nokia phone and a Sat nav that > was not a tom tom. After losing my site I thought I would install Parallels > to take advantage of my boot camp and read that it was better and faster then > VMware.'s Fusion. > > I did needed some sighted assistance to set it up. Not sure if Fusion would > be better then this. What I do like is that Zoom on the Mac seems to work on > the Windows side too. I have downloaded JAWS 11 demo so I can try and learn > it a little before I have to use it at work. I think the majority of people > probably use Windows on their Mac occasionally to run the odd application > that is not available for the Mac. I know others who use it for gaming. > > Life would be much easier if my Employer would just let me hook up my Mac to > their network, but sadly everything they use is Microsoft. My experience of > JAWS so far is awful! I started using VO before learning JAWS which is > probably the opposite of most. It feels like taking a step backwards to be > honest. Yes lots of things work, but I find it very clumsy not having a rota > to flick between forms and headers and stuff. None of this press INS and > function key whatever. Maybe in time I might prefer it, but I doubt it as I > am a true Mac boy. > On 18 Jun 2010, at 15:05, 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. > -- 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.
