My Mac is awesome > On Feb 11, 2018, at 6:38 PM, Tobias Vinteus <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > I've been considering getting a Mac for my next computer when this one makes > its spontaneous retirement. The primary reason is that you seem to be able to > get the best of all worlds. In adition to running MacOS, you can run Windows > via Bootcamp. It won't surprise me if you can run Linux as well. Another > reason is music software. I don't know the current status of MIDI/Digitil > Audio stuff on Windows nowadays. The old version of Sonar > Cakewalk/Caketalking is aparantely a little unstable under Windows 10. I > heard of some othe rpackage called Samplitude, although I don't know much > more about it apart from the name. Music on the Mac, on the other hand, seems > to be a totally different story when it comes to screen reader accessibility, > even though it aparently have had its ups and downs too. > > > >> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote: >> >> Hi, >> Being totally blind from birth, I've never touched a mouse, and I hope I >> would never need to. Mice (mouses? mice? that just sounds weird!) were >> unusable by the blind at the time when I was taught computers, hence the >> reason I could never really play Swamp or RailRacer, let alone think about >> complete system navigation with it. Not only that but my coordination and >> spatial awareness isn't all that great. If I can't use a touchscreen then >> I've no chance of using a mouse. >> Cheers. >> Damien. >> -----Original Message----- From: Jude DaShiell >> Sent: Monday, February 12, 2018 12:00 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs >> >> Windows users just think mac operating system is hard until they start >> playing with the mouse then they learn different quickly. Now, mac on >> the command line interface, that's a different operating system and >> needs study. >> >>> On Sun, 11 Feb 2018, Damien Garwood wrote: >>> >>> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:49:44 >>> From: Damien Garwood <[email protected]> >>> Reply-To: [email protected] >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs >>> Katie, >>> That may well be your opinion. I know a lot of people who are Mac lovers, >>> and they are certainly well advertised. But for those who are brought up >>> and taught around Windows, learning a whole new operating system is like >>> learning how to live on another planet. You may as well lose your legs, get >>> wooden ones and learn how to walk all over again. I had to sell my Mac >>> because I couldn't figure for the life of me how to use it. >>> Cheers. >>> Damien. >>> -----Original Message----- From: Katie Epperson via Groups.Io >>> Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2018 10:43 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [blind-gamers] audio game walkthroughs >>> That, my friend, is why you should get a Mac. They don?t eat your stuff >>> most of the time >>>> On Feb 11, 2018, at 2:33 PM, lori duncan <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi I was wondering if someone could send me the link to the website which >>>> had all the audio game recordings, including the ones from Asmodean.net? I >>>> had it until my system got wiped by a stupid microsoft update, and now I >>>> can't remember the webb address. >>>> >>>> Thanks from Lori. >> >> -- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
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