Hello everyone,
First I want to say thank you for all the responses to my question. I have
gotten such informative answers and I appreciate it.
This is Kellie, Shannon's wife. *smile*
I will address all my comments and questions in this one post so that I
don't flood everyone's inBox with several messages.
First, I want to explain that my concern isn't that I won't be able to
upgrade to the latest OS and Voiceover in 4 years or so. I know that with
any technology eventually older systems won't be supported by the latest and
greatest. I have read though that the Mac hardware has longer longevity then
does windows. That is the angle I am looking at. My first laptop was a
Lenovo and while I did get a longer life, it wasn't my favorite machine.
Then, I got my Toshiba, which I liked in terms of comfort, but was not
impressed on how it died so soon. It was a quad core I7, which I paid 900
for. Only a little over a year after purchasing it, the motherboard acted up
and had to be replaced. It was within warranty but still the fact that it
acted up upset me. Then it started to overheat frequently about a year ago.
It has always run hot but seemed to get worse. Finally, it will no longer
charge. This happened after buying a new battery and charger and a trip to a
computer store only to discover that the motherboard is shot yet again. I
have been frustrated with the amount of crashes I had via Windows and Jaws.
I had Windows 7 and Jaws 12. And was frequently losing Jaws and even the
dump command of insert-windows key-f4 wouldn't allow me to get Jaws back. I
never could determine what exactly was interfering with Jaws. This is why I
have been contemplating a Mac.
I have an IPhone and have been very happy with it. I started with the 3gs
and now have the 4s and would never switch. I rarely have issues with
voiceover getting squirrely.
I know I would need to use windows if I wanted to continue using vipMud but
outside of that I think everything else can be done on Mac. Email,
entertainment, like music and reading, some writing though it isn't anything
intensive. I didn't even use office on my Windows machine. Garage band
sounds interesting to me. Is that accessible?
Another question I have is that I have seen some posts saying that apple has
limited accessibility and that there isn't much flexibility. How so and in
what ways? I am pretty tech savvy and like to play with new techy toys, but
as I said want to get an idea about the Mac before I decide if I want to go
that option. If I end up with Windows 8, I will learn NVDA since I don't
have Jaws 14. I just want to know what I would be giving up in terms of
accessibility features if I switch to the Mac.
Also, I have a question about running windows via boot camp or virtualizing.
Someone I know said that if I virtualize windows on a Mac I probably
wouldn't be able to use any screen readers with Windows. Is this accurate? I
can't see this being the case but... want to be sure. Also, I read that the
system can become sluggish when virtualizing Windows and that it is better
to use boot camp.
Finally, I am looking at a Mac Book Pro which was released around mid 2012.
I know that apple is always closed-mouthed of when they have new releases.
But, does anyone have a rough idea of often they bring out new computers? It
just seems like a new pro might be on the horizon and I might want to wait
on purchasing one.
Again thanks so much for all the advice and input. It helps me so that I can
make an educated decision.
Kellie and Loki
-----Original Message-----
From: Red.Falcon
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2013 7:25 AM
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Serious question about Mac vs. Windows
Hi all!
Now I'm not sure if this is good or bad!
But from what I understand new Mac's have to be bought with everything you
think you might need because you cannot upgrade them yourselves I might be
wrong!
But as far as this one goes 4 and a half years old and only looked at by
apple once [through my own mistake] nothing has gone wrong with it
otherwise!
And only had to spend about 20bucks on new OS!
Colin
On 4 Apr 2013, at 12:53, Ricardo Walker <rwalker...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Mary,
yes indeed it is. The upgrade cycle for mobile devices are 4 times as
fast as desktops and laptops. If you by the latest and greatest laptop or
desktop, you can be reasonably assured, that system will run any OS or,
application with a few exceptions for the next 5 years. A mobile device?
Two years tops. I think you can get stuck behind that upgrade 8 ball as
easily on Windows, as you can on a Mac. For example, If you were one of
those people who were swept up in the netbook craze, and you have your XP
running with 1GB of RAM on an Atom processor, chances are, your not
running windows 7 or 8 on there. ever, never, ever. haha. This has always
been the case with hardware that runs desktop OS's pay more now, to save
more later. I mean, a person who had a Macbook pro in 2008, or an iMac
from 2007, more than likely can run mountain lion with no problems.
Ricardo Walker
rica...@appletothecore.info
Twitter:@apple2thecore
www.appletothecore.info
On Apr 3, 2013, at 7:22 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Donna,
You know, it is also possible to get stuck behind the no upgrade 8-ball
with a Mac. It isn't the screen reader, it is the hardware at issue, and
then you have to go spend a whole lot more than 200 bucks to get the
latest screen reader features that are only available with the new os.
Same with i-devices, but that's a different subject. iPad 1 anybody?
.
Mary Otten
motte...@gmail.com
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