Hi, I have been using my mac mini full time for quite some time now and I fimnd it to be useful for what I do even though there times I still wish I had a pc for things like sauving captches in firefox since ff is not accessible on the mac and never will be I gather. I am still try to get dropbox to work on this machine here and have not been secessful so far. it would also be nice to have a pc around for playing around with vinux, but that is a small thing since i can not afford vmware fusion at the moment. Just my thoughts.
Matthew On Jan 3, 2012, at 8:22 PM, Missy Hoppe 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 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. 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