[mac4theblind] Re: Strange and startling dream
- From: David hilbert poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:14:16 -0400
in my experience you get what you pay for
-- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-on Technolog(eye)s touching the internet
reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a time
On Mar 23, 2015, at 16:49, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well, I was arguing bang for the buck with respect to linux, orca, and a
yardsale special. If you want to compare apples to oranges [no pun intended],
you could compare a Dell Optiplex with a 3 year on-site warranty and linux/orca
to a Mac. The linux machine would definitely be cheaper.
PS: I am really getting a lot out of this debate. Trust me, it will help a lot
when I have this same debate with jaws and nvda users.
> On 03/23/2015 02:08 PM, Scott Granados wrote:
> And you get what you pay for.
>
> If I spend the money and get an Apple I get the support of the company which
> is very good, I get good quality current hardware and a very solid
> configuration that just works. Your yard sale special can’t match that
> especially in the business world. Maybe for the home hobby user but not in
> the professional space. At least that’s been my experience yours may vary
> and I find your viewpoints well reasoned and very interesting btw.
>
>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 2:48 PM, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I don't find any documentation for PC World recommending the Mac over
>> various PCs. If someone could supply a link I'd appreciate it. IMO, it's a
>> tough call. A Mac with voiceover is going to be a lot more expensive than a
>> Windows machine with nvda. Which gives better bang for the buck? I think it
>> is a tough call.
>> I can even see a case for a linux machine with orca being the best bang for
>> the buck. Linux and orca will run on just about anything. You can probably
>> buy a used computer for $100, put linux on it, and have a machine with a
>> screen reader for just the cost of the bare hardware.
>>
>>> On 03/23/2015 10:33 AM, Scott Granados wrote:
>>> Absolutely agreed.
>>>
>>> Even PC Magazine agrees with you and elected the Mac PC of the year, I
>>> think few times now.
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 11:20 AM, David hilbert poehlman
>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> besides, windows runs better on a mac.
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 9:20 AM, Lena Contreras wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Yes. My Mac is approaching five years old. When I had my other windows
>>>> laptops, when they were around four years old they would start acting
>>>> strangely. They would crash for no reason the speech would stop working
>>>> and I would have to reboot or other strange things would happen. So far,
>>>> my Mac is running fine. I know Friends that have eight or nine-year-old
>>>> Max that are running well but won't support the latest OSX. When
>>>> somebody's getting a new computer, I recommend a Macintosh. But some of my
>>>> friends are Fred to make the switch because of having to relearn things.
>>>> Also the Mac is more expensive and they want to spend less on the
>>>> computer. And some of my computer geek friends don't like the "control
>>>> "that Apple has.
>>>> Lena
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
>>>>> On Mar 23, 2015, at 5:31 AM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> +1 Microsoft has scarred me too. It’s hard to get over that level of bad
>>>>> design and lack of security.
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