Thank you, Gigi. I'm not sure much of this will carry much weight, for the reasons I just explained. but I'll try and get them to talk to Texas. Someday these idiots just have to move into the 21st-century. Best, Donna On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:51 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote:
> Hi there > Although the cost may be a good justification to rehab, I think the second > option of the employer wanting training and use of Apple products is an even > better argument in this case. You might want to also get the employer on this > as well, if it's possible. What they say means a lot. > > Also, if they get the three-year warranty with the Mac, then they can be > given the accessibility number so their consumer can call it. They will > probably love that part. They will want to slam the case closed as soon as > they can. You might also point out that other states, such as Texas, have in > fact bought Macintosh computers for certain consumers. See if you can talk > the counselor into calling the Chris Cole rehabilitation center in Austin, > Texas to talk to them about that. > > Regards, > Gigi > On Apr 9, 2013, at 5:31 PM, Eric Oyen <eric.o...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I haven't done so myself, but it is possible. >> >> The 2 justifications that can be used are: >> 1. lower cost of ownership (as accessibility is included) >> 2. Greater included feature set for the cost involved (built in camera, >> bluetooth, wi-fi, firewire, USB 2.x or greater, full apple repair support, >> minimal training cost and plenty of supported hardware options). >> >> now, getting an equivalent windows machine involves the acquisition of the >> machine, additional hardware, cost of the operating system, SMA for jaws >> ($250 per year), jaws itself ($890 for 2 keys), hardware only support from >> dell, etc. the cost of the windows machine is actually higher on a total >> cost of ownership basis than a mac would be. also, voiceover on the apple >> doesn't require a yearly SMA and OS upgrades are inexpensive. >> >> cost of macbook pro with mountain lion OS: $1500 low end >> cost of dell laptop with windows 7, MS Office 2012, jaws, SMA an equivalent >> hardware options: $1900 low end. >> >> believe me, I use both here and I much prefer the macbook over the windows >> machine for sheer usefulness. >> >> the best justification that can be made to VR is the cost. the 2nd best is >> that the employer requires training and use of apple products in their >> office environment. >> >> outside of those, I don't have a clear idea how to convince VR to cooperate. >> >> -eric >> >> On Apr 9, 2013, at 11:50 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I am trying to advocate for student who is having difficulty getting rehab >>> services to purchase a Mac for her. I would be interested in hearing from >>> those of you who have gotten rehab to purchase a Mac. How did you go about >>> convincing them to do that? >>> Best, >>> Donna >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
