<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>I am looking for a Windows computer to replace the one that I have. I at least want an Intel I five and eight gigs of RAM. What do you some of you guys use and would recommend? Just curious is a hard decision when needing to buy a new laptop.<br><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;">Thanks</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;">Aaron </span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: 13pt;">blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people, because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can have the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span></div></div><div><br>On Aug 16, 2015, at 6:38 PM, Jes via RWP <<a href="mailto:rwp@bluegrasspals.com">rwp@bluegrasspals.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Scott,</span><br><span>I am basing my opinion on first-hand experience. I was able to get up and running with reaper very quickly once I realized how the program worked. With GarageBand, I found myself fooling around using the VO keys and it just wasn't very efficient.</span><br><span>Of course for all my audio stuff, I have been using windows for years. I have used gold wave, sound forge and Reaper. When I installed reaper for the first time on windows along with Reaaccess, The fact that I could instantly get feedback when I pressed keys, and didn't have to create my own keymap was really nice. </span><br><span></span><br><span>Jes</span><br><span></span><br><span>Sent from my iPhone</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Aug 16, 2015, at 5:31 PM, Scott Chesworth via RWP <<a href="mailto:rwp@bluegrasspals.com">rwp@bluegrasspals.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Jes, are you basing those opinions on firsthand experience or hearsay?</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Reason I ask is that - although it's not as far along as Reaper with</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>the various addons available for Windows yet - I'm not seeing the huge</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>gap between Reaper and Pro Tools you're describing with Vic's bear</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>bones accessibility solution. From my experience, I'd think most</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>people could get stuff done with a lot less button bashing and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>frustration in Reaper on Mac now than in GarageBand for example, which</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I found to be a sluggish, frustrating half-baked mess when using it</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>with VoiceOver. No experience of Amadeus Pro here, so can't pass</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>comment on that.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Kevin, how soon is this new computer being acquired? OSARA has plans</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>for better Mac support on the development timeline, but you're looking</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>at another 6 months or so before Jamie gets to that assuming</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>everything runs to schedule. For what it's worth, I'm someone who runs</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Apple hardware, but VoiceOver as a screen reader means I find myself</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>in Windows 99% of the time unless I'm specifically using Pro Tools.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>This didn't used to be the case, so it's not an unshiftable bias</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>against the screen reader, more that I don't dig the directions Apple</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>have gone in with it lately. Even on an I7 machine with 8GB of RAM and</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a fast SSD, I find VO to be unresponsive as a screen reader nowadays.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'm not saying don't go Mac because in some ways it opens up a can of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>worms that you might find useful, especially given the quality of</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>instruments that come with MainStage for a MIDI guy like yourself,</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>just offering up a note of caution that if you like working fast, VO</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>might not be the screen reader for you.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Scott</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>On 8/16/15, Kevin Brown via RWP <<a href="mailto:rwp@bluegrasspals.com">rwp@bluegrasspals.com</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>Hmmmmmm!,...Maybe I'll stick to the "PC"...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>I'm kind of liking the functionality of "Reaper" so far...</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span>RWP mailing list</span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:RWP@bluegrasspals.com">RWP@bluegrasspals.com</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp</a></span><br></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>_______________________________________________</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>RWP mailing list</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="mailto:RWP@bluegrasspals.com">RWP@bluegrasspals.com</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp</a></span><br></blockquote><span></span><br><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>RWP mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:RWP@bluegrasspals.com">RWP@bluegrasspals.com</a></span><br><span><a href="http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp">http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/rwp</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>