Hello, I am in the same boat. I have a lot of scanning to do, and started law school 2 years ago. There wasn't any great OCR solution for the mac, so I decided to install windows XP and kurzweil via fusion on my machine. I still use it to this day just for that purpose, but have replaced windows everywhere else.
On Jun 18, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > Sometimes it's a matter of circomstances... For example, I once upon a time > took an online course for the blind. I had me a copy of windows xp pro from > the machine that died and was replaced by my mac. At this time, we were using > a ventrillo server to attend classes and the windows version worked better > than the mac one. I also had iwork 08 which had not been made accessible, so > at the time and for that place a vm running the hated os, with some slightly > dated third party access solution fit the need for that time and place. > On 2010-06-18, at 10:05 AM, Olivia Norman wrote: > >> Hi Everyone, >> Now, this is just my opinion, so don't flame me to much, OK? :) I just >> don't understand totally why people install windows on the mac and what they >> use it for? It seems to me, and my admittedly limited experience with >> windows over the last few years, that it just simply isn't worth the trouble >> and expense for most people. Consider that windows isn't accessible out of >> the box, so you've often got to get some expensive third party solution like >> Jaws to make it accessible to you, as well as purchasing windows. I guess >> the question I'm asking here, is if you're going to shell out the cash for >> windows, and the third party access solutions, why get a mac in te first >> place? Also, from a VO users prospective, how difficult is it to switch >> between the two operating systems? >> I'm just curious, and if you're using windows, I would be interested in >> knowing why and how you switch between the OS's? >> Thanks for appeasing my curiosity! I'm sure there are totally good reasons >> for using windows on a mac, I'd just like to know why/what they are! >> Olivia >> "Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower" Steve Jobs >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.
