My experience with JAWS and Windows is different then yours. I too used JAWS with spread sheets, documents and presentations, both in MS Office and Symphony. I used Lotus Notes and Thunderbird for my email clients. I used both Firefox and IE as browsers and would also have double digit tabs opened in each. I used Lotus Sametime with often more than a dozen conversations up at any one time. I also used a slew of miscellaneous applications, like Teraterm, NoteTab and so on. I obviously can't say I didn't have problems, but for the most part it was rock solid. I typically just used suspend and hibernate during the week, and I would have to schedule time on the weekend to close everything up and do some routine system maintenance. Otherwise, the system and JAWS would run for weeks continuously with no problems. Obviously, this is just my personal anecdotal experience. I also don't remember waiting for Vista or Windows 7 support, but I didn't jump on those as soon as they were out either.
On 24/10/12 02:49, Neil Barnfather - TalkNav wrote: > Sieghard, > > You and I were bound to one day disagree… here it is: > > That shiny new PC laptop which you bought for half the money, well done, yes, > Apple products costs more, what you failed to highlight is how much JAWS then > cost you to put onto it… Even if you just look at the SMA costs, JAWS is > terribly expensive. I bought JAWS Pro in 1997 and paid the Pro SMA for years > there after, I've never been impressed with it, and until they do moe to keep > it in line with industry updates and work on reliability for new hardware > technologies etc JAWS is never a good choice for the power user… > > This business of power user, of course the term just means someone who knows > quite abit about the machine, the software and who uses it for around 8 hours > a day. > > I use my Mac for way more than that and did so with my Windows machines too. > > Then there's inclusive and consistency of updates. How long before FS will > decide that JAWS users may just wish to use Windows 8, or even dare to want > to try a Windows 8 tablet? I got so very fed up with FS telling me that JAWS > wouldn't support the latest Windows release for months, and often a year or > so. That is just beyond unacceptable. > > Both Lion and Mountain Lion were both fully accessible and usable by us on > day one, along with our sighted peers. oh, and how much did I pay for that > accessibility over my sighted peers, nothing. > > As someone who owns multinational businesses I need my computing solution to > work, be reliable, functional, up to date and effective. I use spread sheets > with formulae, multi page spread sheets. I use wordd processed docs with > track changes and other more advanced features, I live in mail and often have > 10 plus tabs open in the web-browser. > > My Mac just eats it all up, JAWS would have crashed hours ago and left me > stranded. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible > phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 24 Oct 2012, at 03:38, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Kathy, >> >> I also really like my iPhone and it's amazing what you can do with it. >> However, don't make the mistake to just assume that a Mac is going to be >> just as awesome. You can't compare an iPhone to a Mac and while I am sure >> Mac lovers disagree, I firmly hold that a PC running Windows 7 with now Jaws >> 14 is a better solution if you are a power user. If all you do is write >> emails, do Skype, browse the web and so on a Mac with Voiceover maybe OK, >> but then again you can do that with just an iPhone or an iPad. I am not sure >> what you mean by "JAWS and internet explorer are driving me crazy with all >> the crashes etc.", to me that is such a generalised statement and while a PC >> can crash and while Jaws can sometimes become unresponsive, it's not like a >> Mac is immune to these things. If you do a lot of browsing I think Jaws, >> especially 14 with the new flexible web feature and all the things like >> navigation quick keys etc. will be more efficient and it's not as if you >> don't have choices regarding your browser, you can use IE, Firefox and >> Chrome and sometimes I use IE for one thing and Firefox for another thing >> because I discovered one works better than the other for certain >> applications. The nice thing is that Jaws features like navigation quick >> keys, placemarkers or the flexible web feature works regardless. >> >> I listened to the announcement today of the new MacBook laptops and while >> they sound like awesome computers, I can still buy a Windows laptop with the >> same specs (except maybe the weight and thickness) for $600 or $700 less >> than the entry level MacBook Pro 13 inch. I bought an Acer TimelineX laptop >> last January, so almost a year ago, and it has very similar specs as far as >> processor and memory is concerned, it has a 120 Gig solid state drive and >> it's actually a 15 inch laptop with a full keyboard including numeric pad >> plus it has a DVD Writer. I also get about 8 hours of battery life and the >> entire thing including the upgrade to the solid state drive was $900. I'd >> have to spend $2,000 to get a 15" Macbook Pro with these specs or maybe even >> more and it's not as if I care whether it has a retina display. >> >> These are just some thoughts for those who are super impressed with the >> MacBooks Apple announced today. AS I said, they are beautiful and definitely >> sound like fantastic computers, but as is usual, people tend to think of >> anything Apple makes as superior and that is not always entirely justified. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. 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