Hi,

Well, no, it wouldn't justify it, for everyone.  You just pointed out a
very interesting aspect for me that wasn't clarified in such a way as to
hit home so well, previously...  the fact that the price of an Apple, with
or without a screenreader built-in, is the same price, roughly, of a PC
*with* the additional cost of the #1 screenreader on the market.

Thanks for that.  Because rather than having to learn a whole new OS & a
new screenreader, I'll stick with my IBM-Compatible, Windows, & JFW for as
long as I can, since there is no real price difference, when it comes down
to it.

It may be more stable, but that doesn't necessarily mean a better choice
when so much time would have to be put in on training to get back up to a
similar level of expertise.   That's for me.  For others, looking for
jobs/careers, being proficient with the more-typical IBM/Windows setup is a
better choice, I think, still today.

The only real draw I saw was that it was all-in-one, and I was thinking for
a better price.  But if there is no price difference, it makes better
job/business sense right now to stick with what most of the world knows and
uses.

Thanks for the Enlightenment,
Everett


At 05:16 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:
>Yes it would.  It would also justify paying the extra $800 to $1000 for an
>Apple over a PC.
>
>Paul S.
>
>
>----Original Message Follows----
>Wouldn't that be nice if you could get a main-stream computer with both
>speech an Braille support without paying through the nose for access which
>sighted people take for granted.
>Martin
>  >


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