Jenny, I think there is more than just fear unless you mean the fear of those adaptive technology developers. They are the ones who have to fear Apple more than consumers. Of course there are those consumers who simply discount something new because it is different than what they have grown used too. Of course this applies in the "non-disabled" community. I have a co-worker who spent not a great deal less than I did for my MacBook Pro, but she got considerably less computer, but she would not consider a Mac for any reason. Her justification is that windows meets her needs for what she wants to do and she does not want to learn something different. So, I respect her decision, but she never attempted to look at a Mac, so she can't really say if one would be better than the other and I had to commend her for not bashing the Mac. :) On Jul 14, 2009, at 5:54 AM, Jenny Kennedy (Howard) wrote:
> > Yes,. > > I think it is odd that in the blind/vi community when a "new" kid > comes on the block and is a more cost effective or something outside > th Microsoft norm that it is met with a lot of bad thoughts. It seems > some folks are fearful of changes and advancements? > Find that strange as well because isn't just dismissing say the Mac/ > iPhone because it has never been used by the blind, and yes I know > about outspoken I'm just generalising. A lot like the sighted > dismissing us because they knew a blind person once who had no skills? > I'm probily taking it too far but find these little things to be > interesting. > > Also I can not wait until I can get an iPhone. > Jenny > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
