08-22-2007, 01:43 PM

I just wanted to throw this out there since I haven't seen this mentioned. If you have a learning disability and need to run a lot of LD software to get through your college classes, get the the MBP. My cousin and I both have LDs and she recent got a white macbook with 2ram. After loading kurzweil, inspiration, dragon naturally speaking (all via parallels except inspiration) and a few others, she found things were really really slow and crashing often. She returned it and got a macbook pro, it seems everything is much happier and no more freezing up. I also can run these apps on my MBP no issue. So if your going to be using this stuff forget buying a macbook.

Anyway I hope this helps someone out.

08-22-2007, 03:41 PM

I have FEVR, which means i am registered partially sighted. Fortunately, i can see laptop screens from a fare enough distance. I know people with learning disabilities that require certain software, i also suggest the Macbook Pro.

Thanks for the insight.

07-20-2008, 04:01 PM

I am just about to purchase my first Mac(Book) but I need some sort of literacy software to read out loud to me.

Would 4GB of RAM on a regular MacBook clear up the slow and crashing problems? (I prefer a smaller laptop to carry to classes.)

I run WYNN wizard v4.0 on Windows with 512MB of RAM (yes, it crashes and goes slow if I multitask too much). The software will only run on Windows - could you tell me what software I need to run this application on my MacBook? Preferably virtually as opposed to re-booting.

Will VMware fusion do this or do I need to get Boot camp as well?

Thank you