Hi Mike, yes I use soulseek on windows too both the new server and old server version. I also use bitche on windows which is a search engine for torrent sites, i combine it with utorrent to download torrents, bitche is wonderful it searches through i think all the torrent sites htat exists and gives you the results. I havent found a mac alternative though I know vuze is available on the mac (my brother uses vuze in windows) and i think it too has a built-in search feature bu tI didnt find it all that easy to use. Greetings, Anouk, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Reiser" <blindgu...@gmail.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:16 PM Subject: Re: my 2 months with a mac
> > The only thing I'll use windows for is soulseek which is a filesharing > app I use to find stuff, there's no good alternative for mac and the > ones that are available either aren't accessible or haven't been > updated. Unison works great for usenet although I couldn't figure out > the program interface so have been using sites like binsearch. Can't > really comment on the ocr programs but I like vlc for listening to > books and things, itunes is good too. > > Mike > On Oct 21, 2009, at 4:23 AM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> Oh, I guess it wouldn't be. Window Eyes is more like a serial you >> enter I think. That's nice. Well, JAWS doesn't like it for obvious >> reason, but it can be annoying. >> >> Regards, >> Nic >> Skype: Kvalme >> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >> AIM: cincinster >> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >> Facebook Profile >> My Twitter >> >> On Oct 21, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Portia wrote: >> >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> Nope, Window-Eyes isn't like that. >>> >>> Nicolai Svendsen wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Well, I believe EchoLink does exist on the Mac-side as EchoMac, >>>> last I >>>> heard and extremely accessible. >>>> >>>> As for using Windows, it's all probably about taking the plunge to a >>>> new operating system and letting go of Windows. I've pretty much >>>> completed that step, but there is only one minor thing. Mudding. >>>> That >>>> is the only thing I actually do on Windows now. I did hear the >>>> developer of the MUD-client Atlantis might be adding VoiceOver >>>> support, hopefully. Otherwise I'll just use Terminal. >>>> I use VUScan and ReadIris for my scanning needs. >>>> >>>> As for virtual machines, mine runs quite efficiently. It all depends >>>> how you have set the ram allocation. Make sure not to set it too >>>> high, >>>> otherwise memory swapping will occur. A good idea is to test >>>> different >>>> setups before installing any screen reader licenses such as >>>> authorization keys for JAWS and so-forth. Otherwise when changing >>>> the >>>> ram for your Windows machine, JAWS will think it is a new computer >>>> and >>>> require you to reactivate. Window-Eyes is probably the same way. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Nic >>>> >>>> >>>> Skype: Kvalme >>>> MSN Messenger: nico...@home3.gvdnet.dk >>>> AIM: cincinster >>>> yahoo Messenger: cin368 >>>> Facebook Profile >>>> My Twitter >>>> >>>> On Oct 21, 2009, at 9:16 AM, Tony Bernedal wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> Hi Anouk. >>>>> I have also used my mac for around 3 months now, and like you I >>>>> still >>>>> use windows for a couple of things. I trying to get the scanning >>>>> and >>>>> ocr to work on the mac but for now windows and omnipage have to do >>>>> the >>>>> jobb. I had a license for windows xp lying on the shelf from a no >>>>> longer working laptop and I installed xp with vmware as a virtual >>>>> machine and doing my scanning there and it works good but the >>>>> virtual >>>>> machine is very slow. I also use windows for Echolink, wich is a >>>>> ham-radio software wich don't exist on the mac. Also the software >>>>> to >>>>> setup and program my hamradio stations is only windows programs. >>>>> I'm >>>>> very happy mac user now and after some updates to snow leopard my >>>>> problems with it is gone. >>>>> I hope the issue with the thumbkey on your display can be solved. I >>>>> have same issue with alva satelite. >>>>> I also have a battle with EyeTV software wich for some odd reason >>>>> doesn't find my tv channels on the cable network. And it is also >>>>> very >>>>> tricky to use with VO. I use VLC for webradio and movies and it >>>>> works >>>>> great (vlc version 1.x doesn't work under windows and linux at all >>>>> with screenreader, only on mac, great!). >>>>> And I also like the speed, starting my windows pc here at works >>>>> take >>>>> forever and the mac is at the desktop in almost 0 time. And, the >>>>> sleep >>>>> works well too. >>>>> So I'm happy with my mac system. >>>>> Good luck with your mac! >>>>> Regards Tony >>>>> >>>>> 2009/10/21, a radix <anou...@home.nl>: >>>>> >>>>>> Hello, I have been using my mac for about 2 months now especially >>>>>> at school >>>>>> although at home I still often use my pc and I will explain below >>>>>> why. In >>>>>> general my experiences with the mac have been very positive >>>>>> especially after >>>>>> installing snow leopard. I can use skype and msn just as well as >>>>>> on >>>>>> my pc. >>>>>> And after I dumped itunes and started using vlc instead watching >>>>>> movies and >>>>>> listening to music became a breeze. I recently bought apples >>>>>> office >>>>>> suite >>>>>> because I prefer that over using textedit or the free text >>>>>> editors/ >>>>>> office >>>>>> suits that are available. I am also intending to go and use garage >>>>>> band in >>>>>> the future if I can get that working with my yamaha keyboard. I >>>>>> like the >>>>>> built-in speakers and sound quality alhtough listening through its >>>>>> sound >>>>>> output with my own in ear monitors is nothing special. I still >>>>>> find >>>>>> using >>>>>> the internet on the mac a bit mor ework then i did while using my >>>>>> pc and it >>>>>> goes a bit slower also when reading docucments i notice that I >>>>>> cannot >>>>>> endlessly use the right thumb key on my braille display to >>>>>> continue >>>>>> reading, >>>>>> eventually i have to press the right arrow on my normal keyboard >>>>>> if >>>>>> I want >>>>>> to read onm. This does become irritating after a while if you need >>>>>> to read >>>>>> long documents. >>>>>> At home I still mostly use my windows pc although i now have >>>>>> gotten >>>>>> mail >>>>>> working on the mac as well because 1. I use omnipage pro 16 under >>>>>> windows to >>>>>> scan my books for school, while I know that there are some >>>>>> scanning >>>>>> solutions for the mac that i will probbably try once the hp >>>>>> drivers >>>>>> for sl >>>>>> have been released I just dont know if they will be as good and >>>>>> easy as >>>>>> using omnipage pro 16 and am a bit hesistant to try it because of >>>>>> that (I >>>>>> really really hope that a full version of finereader will >>>>>> eventually be >>>>>> released for the mac since I have heard it can rival omnipage >>>>>> pro). >>>>>> Secondly there is filesharing, i will be brief. Ftp does work on >>>>>> the mac >>>>>> with transmit which I rather like although I have not registered >>>>>> it >>>>>> yet, >>>>>> questions i asked its support team went unanswered. Usenet also >>>>>> works but >>>>>> udner windows I preferred to use other programs which are not >>>>>> available on >>>>>> the mac. >>>>>> The third point is playing games which I do a lot on the pec >>>>>> especially >>>>>> interactive fiction and muds. There is an interpreter for >>>>>> interactive >>>>>> fiction called zoom which I tried and although I can open games >>>>>> with it >>>>>> saved games were a problem for me since I could not open a saved >>>>>> game file >>>>>> (made in frotz). >>>>>> For muds the situation on the mac is not so good, I play them all >>>>>> the time >>>>>> on windows but there is only one mudclient that I know of which >>>>>> works under >>>>>> sl and which is still being developed, jamochamud which works >>>>>> under >>>>>> java. It >>>>>> is not too accessible at the moment but the programmer has >>>>>> promised >>>>>> to look >>>>>> at it, still it does not offer all the features even then that I >>>>>> am >>>>>> used to >>>>>> on a windows client. >>>>>> As soon as windows 7 becomes officially available I am planning to >>>>>> install >>>>>> it on my mac (probbably via bootcamp) so that I at least can use >>>>>> my >>>>>> mac all >>>>>> the time even if I need to use windows, hopefully for the scanning >>>>>> and >>>>>> downloading tasks I will in the future be able to use the mac >>>>>> and I >>>>>> have >>>>>> hopes for muds as well but for now at least my mac is mostly used >>>>>> at school >>>>>> and in the library. >>>>>> Greetings, Anouk, >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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