having items in a wherehouse for 5 years?> thats a waste of public funds, not to mention a potential pollution hazard. I don't think there would be much aftermarket support for such machines. In fact, the entities that stockpiled all this equipment and never disbursed it to the clients should be prosecuted under federal laws for fraud, malfeasance, criminal withholding and a bunch of other appropriate charges. This smacks of the kind of government waste that is breaking our nation and making us the laughing stock of the rest of the world.
-eric On Apr 9, 2013, at 7:42 PM, Donna Goodin wrote: > Hi Erik, > > Thanks for this. Unfortunately I live in the rural backwater that is > southern Illinois. Our VR people are at least 10 years behind. What they've > told my student is that they already have PCs and copies of JAWS stock-piled > in a warehouse, so even if the mac cost $5 it would be more expensive. > > GRRRRRRRRRR. > Best, > Donna > On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I haven't done so myself, but it is possible. >> >> The 2 justifications that can be used are: >> 1. lower cost of ownership (as accessibility is included) >> 2. Greater included feature set for the cost involved (built in camera, >> bluetooth, wi-fi, firewire, USB 2.x or greater, full apple repair support, >> minimal training cost and plenty of supported hardware options). >> >> now, getting an equivalent windows machine involves the acquisition of the >> machine, additional hardware, cost of the operating system, SMA for jaws >> ($250 per year), jaws itself ($890 for 2 keys), hardware only support from >> dell, etc. the cost of the windows machine is actually higher on a total >> cost of ownership basis than a mac would be. also, voiceover on the apple >> doesn't require a yearly SMA and OS upgrades are inexpensive. >> >> cost of macbook pro with mountain lion OS: $1500 low end >> cost of dell laptop with windows 7, MS Office 2012, jaws, SMA an equivalent >> hardware options: $1900 low end. >> >> believe me, I use both here and I much prefer the macbook over the windows >> machine for sheer usefulness. >> >> the best justification that can be made to VR is the cost. the 2nd best is >> that the employer requires training and use of apple products in their >> office environment. >> >> outside of those, I don't have a clear idea how to convince VR to cooperate. >> >> -eric >> >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am trying to advocate for student who is having difficulty getting rehab >>> services to purchase a Mac for her. I would be interested in hearing from >>> those of you who have gotten rehab to purchase a Mac. How did you go about >>> convincing them to do that? >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
