Hi, all screen readers, on any machine slows things down. Its just the nature of the beast. As far as your mini goes, the lack of a monitor is definitely the cause of most of your sorrows. If you hooked up a monitor, I think you would get much better performance. If you don't want a monitor, a macbook air might have been a better fit for you than a mini. Its just a fact of life for the Mac Mini and voiceover users at this time. You need to have a monitor hooked up to have a stable experience. This has been the case for years now, and I don't see Apple doing anything about it anytime soon. I do think when you shared your experiences with your Mac earlier in the thread you should have specified you were using a Mac mini with no monitor. I think not doing so was a little miss leading.
JMO. Ricardo Walker rwalker...@gmail.com Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 www.mobileaccess.org On Jan 3, 2012, at 11:36 PM, Alex Hall wrote: > I find it interesting that you specify that Macs are faster when a > screen reader is not involved. Do you mean that you find vo slows > things down, or just that screen readers make for inaccurate > comparisons? I always figured the extreme sluggishness of my mini was > due to its lack of a monitor... > > On 1/3/12, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> lol, >> >> I think your sighted friend is on drugs. :). I find the Mac to be just as >> fas and more often than not faster when doing tasks than windows when a >> screen reader is not involved. Man, You know how long it takes iTunes to >> open on windows sometimes? smh. >> >> Ricardo Walker >> rwalker...@gmail.com >> Twitter & Skype: rwalker296 >> www.mobileaccess.org >> >> On Jan 3, 2012, at 8:44 PM, Chuck wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the information. I do plan to use my PC and the Mac Mini in >>> parallel until I get used to the Mac. I am familiar with voice over >>> and zoom on the iPhone and iPad and I'm hoping that they translate as >>> well to the Mac Mini. >>> >>> I have a sighted friend who also says that the Mac is a little more >>> sluggish than the PC. I don't do any gaming, 90% of my computer uses >>> buying online, word processing, and web development >>> >>> But having dealt with Zoom text for the last 15 years, I am totally >>> frustrated with the program. I have to reboot it about five times >>> every day in order to get the text smooting to work. And it no longer >>> works with Internet Explorer nine. I'm sure that when they do finally >>> fix it, they'll want another $150 for the update. >>> Chuck >>> >>> On Jan 3, 6:22 pm, "Missy Hoppe" <melis...@fuse.net> wrote: >>>> Very well said. I've had my mac since may, and although I've recently >>>> become far more fond of Itunes than my bank account is >>>> comfortable with, I just don't use it for daily tasks. I just can't get >>>> comfortable with any of the word processing options, >>>> and since I've been using a PC for close to 25 years, I'm always going to >>>> be more comfortable on a windows platform. One of >>>> my favorite activities, especially while I'm unemployed, is playing >>>> games, and while I'm thrilled that the RS games client >>>> works on the mac, there aren't any other options. I'm still hoping for a >>>> truly accessible mud client; if atlantis is >>>> accessible, I sure haven't figured out how to make it speak >>>> automatically. >>>> My other major task is writing/editing a story I've been working on for >>>> several years now. I just can't get comfortable >>>> working on my files using the mac, so just keep using good old wordpad on >>>> the PC. >>>> Since it cost me so much money, I have chosen to use the mac for things >>>> that either don't work or I don't want to mess with >>>> on my PC: adium, skype, itunes, and a couple of other similar things that >>>> I can't remember at the moment. I figure that the >>>> mac is a lot easier to fix if something goes wrong, and that's definitely >>>> something I'll give Apple credit for; you can >>>> install the operating system without any sighted assistance, and with >>>> carbon copy cloner and time machine, it's easy to >>>> restore your machine on the off chance that something catastrophic >>>> happens. Another thing that I really love about the mac is >>>> Growl. It essensially reads things that happen in the system tray: >>>> changes in dropbox files for example. That's 1 thing my PC >>>> can't do, or if it can, I don't know how to set it up, so the mac is >>>> really awesome in that respect. >>>> With all that being said, however, while I certainly like my mac a lot >>>> more than I did when I first bought it, to be >>>> perfectly honest, there's still a rather big part of me that regrets the >>>> purchase. I eventually hope to get bootcamp and/or >>>> VM fusion up and running, but so far, that just hasn't happened. >>>> I hope this makes at least a little sense and that it helps you in your >>>> decision. Sadly, I can't comment on the large print >>>> side of things, but I've become moderately comfortable with using >>>> Voiceover. Good luck in whatever decision you make, and I >>>> hope this helps you out at least a little. >>>> Missy >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alex Hall >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:01 PM >>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>>> Subject: Re: Switching to a Mac from PC >>>> >>>> I got a Mini after hearing nothing but great things about the Mac and >>>> VoiceOver. I can honestly say that I regret the >>>> decision. I never understood editing, my system seemed sluggish compared >>>> to NVDA with Windows, and web browsing is slow on >>>> the Mac when using vo. Also, a lot of what I do on the pc is audio >>>> gaming, and not so much as a good, accessible version of >>>> Solitaire is available on the Mac, let alone shooting, strategy, or other >>>> intensively audio games. >>>> I am still willing to admit that a good, long skype session with someone >>>> who is an experienced Mac user may help me, but as >>>> of right now I almost never boot into Mac, using the Windows half of my >>>> dual-booting mini almost exclusively. If you do >>>> switch, make sure to either set up bootcamp or a virtual machine so you >>>> can run Windows, because I can pretty much promise >>>> that you will still be using Windows for a while after you start playing >>>> with the mac. Sorry to be so negative, but that's my >>>> experience so far. >>>> >>>> On 1/3/12, Red.Falcon <velocity.focu...@virginmedia.com> wrote: >>>>> Hi Chuck! >>>>> Although I do not use windows and never have! >>>>> I have seen posts about the zoom and one thing the Mac cannot do is >>>>> change colours! >>>>> So its black on white or vice vursor! >>>>> hth Colin >>>> >>>>> On 4 Jan 2012, at 00:05, Chuck wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Hello everyone, >>>>>> I'm seriously considering switching to a Mac Mini from PC. >>>>>> I intend to use both the zoom and voice over programs. >>>>>> I am currently using a PC with Windows 7 and zoom text as my >>>>>> magnification and reading software. >>>>>> I would like to hear from those of you who have made the switch. >>>>>> What pitfalls should I look for? Are there any trade-offs? >>>>>> In your opinion after making the switch which is the better system? >>>>>> Why? >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> Chuck >>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from GMail website) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com;http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 >>>> athttp://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. >> >> > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from GMail website) > mehg...@gmail.com; http://www.facebook.com/mehgcap > > -- > 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. 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