Yes, this is very useful information. I am leaning more towards the macbook Pro. Are there reasons why the pro is better than the air or vice versa?
On 10/13/11, Gavin <g.batw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Louis, > > It sounds like a MacBook Air would be your best bet, though I don't know > what kind of specs it has. I've also heard that the MacBook Air has a > similar price to the 13 inch MacBook Pro, which you could also try. If you > don't want to spend too much, you could also go for the ordinary MacBook > model which, if my memory serves me correctly, is made out of a kind of > plastic as opposed to the MacBook Pro, which is aluminium. > > As far as equivalent software to Microsoft Office goes, Apple has a > productivity suite called iWork that contains 3 applications. Pages, for > word processing, Numbers, for spreadsheets, and Keynote, for creating > presentations. It's very accessible with VoiceOver. > > Hope this info heaps. > > Regards, > > Gavin > > > On 14 Oct 2011, at 5:25 AM, Louis Do wrote: > >> Hello. i am planning on purchasing a mac for my first year of college >> next year. i am currently learning voiceover and I prefer it to the PC >> screenreaders available. I have a few questions that hopefully you >> kind folks can answer to help me make a more informed purchase. >> 1. What macbook would fit my needs? i will need to watch a lot of >> videos, do reasearch, write long papers, and create spreadsheets or >> powerpoints. >> 2. I heard that microsoft office is not accesible on the Mac. Is this >> a true statement? >> 3. What equivalent mac softwares are available for powerpoint, word, and >> excell? >> Thanks for your help, >> Louis >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
