Hello. I still have a windows 7 pc (I mainly use it to convert my victor reader stream notes) and can honestly say the Mac isn't nearly as problematic though like someone else posted, I do have to unload and reload Voice over sometimes. However, it's faster to unload voice over than it was to unload and reload jaw 14 (my last version of jaw) On Apr 1, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Mike Arrigo <n0...@charter.net> wrote:
> I find the mac to be very stable, certainly far less problems than with > windows. It's not perfect, no platform is, but I have 3 macs and have no > desire to switch back to a PC. > Original message: > >> 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 to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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. -- 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.
