Yes the mac is very stable. On Apr 1, 2014, at 10:44 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.
