Hi, I personally find the mac platform extremely stable. I haven't had a single app crash on me to the point where it crashed the whole system all crash's were contained within the app itself. As for an added bonus in my opinion you don't have to pay those jaws fees with voice over since it already comes integrated in to the OS itself. A pc for me becomes extremely expensive if you want to be up to date with your screen reader. On Apr 1, 2014, at 9:44 AM, Scott Duck <scottduck1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Everyone, > > As I said previously, I am thinking about getting a Mac and the main reason > is that I am tired of the increasing instability of the PC environment. My > first question is, is this really different on a Mac? > > I am using JAWS 15 with Windows 8. Both are not all that stable. I have > been a JAWS user for 17 years and I have noticed a definite progressive > increase in instability with the last few releases. JAWS crashes frequently > and, even if it doesn't crash, it often stops talking when errors occur with > other applications. Then, there's Windows 8. I don't mind the Windows 8 > interface but several times per week, I will have a problem that requires me > to restart my computer. I did not have that nearly as much with Windows 7. > Also, it isn't unusual for me to install a program which will, either > directly or through add ins, make Windows and/or JAWS more unstable. I then > have to decide rather the additional functionality is worth the increased > instability. I'm just tired of all the crashes and reboots and having to use > three or four screen readers because I have to run one when another one > crashes. > > By contrast, my iPhone and iPad, while not perfect, are certainly more > stable. VoiceOver seldom just stops working. Of course, every single app is > not accessible and they do not all work correctly but any problems with an > app are almost always confined only to that app. When an app crashes, it > usually does not also cause VoiceOver or the device to crash. Is this also > true of the Mac? > > I have certainly used technology enough to know that none of it is perfect. > However, I would like something that is better than the PC, when it comes to > stability. Over all, in your experience, is the Mac more stable? > > Thanks, > Scott Duck > > -- > 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 tomacvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
