Well, yes. I've known several people who gave up on their Macs and went back to Windows. I have to say, I think you and a lot of other people in this debate are underestimating how much people like jaws. Jaws is very expensive but it's a pretty darn good screen reader.
Furthermore, I know a lot of people who have chosen to go with a Windows netbook as their mobile platform. For about the same price as a ipod touch, you can get a netbook and put nvda on it.
On 03/23/2015 04:19 PM, David hilbert poehlman wrote:
do you know of anyone who is going back to windows from Mac? -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-on Technolog(eye)s touching the internet reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a timeOn Mar 23, 2015, at 17:16, Todor Fassl <fassl.tod@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:fassl.tod@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:John, when you write stuff like this, it brings your objectivity into question. You've asked me to trust your experience on many of your points. How can I do that when you give every indication of being an Apple zealot?The fact is that sales of Windows machines still far exceeds that of Macs. If the best operating system is, as you yourself said, the one with the most users, that would be Windows. If the best desktop screen reader is the one with the most users, that would be jaws. But better isn't determined by popularity.To some degree, the trend has been away from Windows to Macs. To some degree, the trend has also been away from desktops to mobile devices. But mostly, the trend has been toward adding mobile devices to the mix. Mostly, people still have a desktop at their job. It's just that now, they probably also have at least one mobile device -- a tablet or smart phone.> The reality is you still have a group of Windows users who still are stuck in the 1990's mindset and try to compare JAWS or any other screen reader from that perspective. I've used them all, and I don't find any advantage in that operating system to the Mac and VoiceOver. Windows itself is inefficient, which is why Microsoft has lost a vast majority of the status and prestige that it once held. The classic, "everyone is using Windows" excuse just doesn't float any more. Business, governmental agencies, consumers ... Windows is not the juggernaut it used to be. If you are living in a cave and don't read the marketing data or the various technical outlets that discuss market trends, then maybe you'll throw the old, "95 percent of computers are running Windows" outdated line. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORTOn Mar 23, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Scott Granados <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:John, I’m with you.
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