CONGRATULATION!!!!!!

Now can we set up a A.U.G. for Deaf and then create several divisional chapters? :-)

I am going to spread the words to my Mac group now. :-)

Look forward to hearing many good news and tips from you all!

Mel

Hooray!

Finally a Mac website designed for the Deaf!

Brilliant idea Ramy! I’ve thought of this for years and didn’t have the time to set this up! I’m happy someone else is doing this. Am a proud Mac user since 1986. I never own any computer other than Mac.

The Mac I owned were:

~Mac Classic 512K
~Mac Performa
~iMac Indigo (Still have it in my closet for back up)
~iMac G5 17″ (first generation)

I also own iPods.

Keep it up!

Welcome everybody! I am thrilled to see this website exist! I cannot wait to contribute my part to this website. I also am looking forward to see this grow in the future with tons of Deaf mac users! Spread the words! :-D

COOL!!!! I’ve been using Apple/Macintosh since 1980 when my brother introduced me to an Apple computer. I look forward to hearing stories and tips/tricks on using Macs by other Mac users.

David
New Zealand

Me “chow” am thrilled about your website.

We will gospel this wonderful website worldwide. Congratulation.

All thumbs up,
MannyASL

P.S. why can’t we have CC for iTV?! *seething*

Greetings from St. Louis! I am delighted to know thee is deafmac.org and that Chad is providing workshops on it. I love MAC and I enjoy using it for the last 15 years. I still am confused with some technical issues. I try to find it.

I am happy that I can be able to contact you or others for tips and ideas. This is why I find MAC very reliable and useful.

I hope Chad can come to St. Louis during SHOW ME DEAF FILM FESTIVAL on September 24 – 30 2007. This will be a good opportunity to sway anyone to MAC side. It will be fun and challenging.

Ramy – I am glad you did NOT give up! Keep persisting forward and now you are successful! Congrats!

Chad – what is your plan for St. Louis? I am looking forward. If you want to provide workshop during the festival. This is part of planning.

Enjoy MAC!

Paul
http://www.deafimages.tv

*Chuckles*

I am really glad that we have MUG of Deaf through the net! I most definitely will spread the word around.

Give my best regards to Steve Jobs. (Of course you’r pulling our chains! ;-) )

I am soo eagerly with exictiment to see Leopard arrive. Unfortunately the date had been pushed to Fall 2007.

I own these following macs:

Apple IIe
LC
LC II
7100
Lomardi
G4

what’s next…. ;-)

More to come!

-Sean

BRAVO! FINALLY!

Greetings from Plato, the original 1984 Mac Geek and the crazy five-Macintosh network fellow as well.

I just returned from the DSA Convention in Orlando after giving a hands-on workshop on ‘ABC’s of Macintosh Computers’

I am happy that we Mac Geeks can get together on the now DeafMac website at last!

Plato

Hooraahh!

I joined the MAC world last year and still L O V E it.

Funny story to tell you, a friend went on skiing trip to Colorado in March ’06 and shared the news that I joined the MAC world. Some stranger told my friend “I don’t know who Phil is but he is getting smarter!!”

Right now I only have Intel Duo iMAC.

Phil

Welcome everybody! I can’t wait to see how this website will blossom. I have been a Mac user since 2000.

I, unfortunately, have to run Windows using Paralells; however, the instance name is “XPuke.”

As some of you may already know, I came up with this “poem”:

Install Windows and pray.
Install Mac and play.

I’ve been a mac user since 2003 and still learn so much daily. I look forward to absorbing more information via DeafMac.org!

Great job.

Hi DeafMac people!

I wish to express my heartfelt congratulations on the new official website of the Deaf Mac group and special thanks to Hands On VRS for sponsoring it. It is absolutely blessing for the Apple users.

As I have been a Mac man since 1984 and had been a Apple ][ owner for four years before the Mac was born, I have owned 4 Mac computers. Currently, I am a owner of handy, Intel-based Mac Book Pro laptop. I am looking forward to becoming a new iPhone owner shortly after Apple will releases it earlier this summer.

Happy Mac!

Robert the Runner

About time! It was funny ‘cuz I was chatting with Tayler last night about when would DeafMac.org start something.. And PAH! Here it is!

I’m looking forward to this new website!

I started using Macs back in the late 80′s in high school. When I started college, they required the use of PCs for many assignments. I found this transition difficult and painful. Yes, I was praying with Windows!

Finally, I got my fresh breath of air a few months ago when I got a black Macbook! Now I can play!

Now i see you are setting up… i was wondering i was not being accepted yet… i am a mac newbie… i just got a new black macbook… that is the important step… i am still learning… of course i love it. hope to get many great tips from this website…. i still use a pc…

Hey, my amigos.

Its cool to establish the deafmac.org. I will keep my eyes on your website and will contribute some feedback on mac. :)

For you who didn’t know me, I have been using Apple since I was four years old. I have Apple/Mac blood cells in my body. :)

AHHHHHHHhh Aboooout TIME!
I’m MACAddic tsine 1984!
I used iMac G5 for me, Powerbook G4 for my Wife, eMac for my son.
I’m forward for something NEW!

Ward Nyholm

Hello, congratulations on the new website. I have been a Mac user since 1990 (Wanted one since 1986). I have a few machines. Powerbook G4 17 Inch model. G5 Dual 2.5 Tower, G4 Dual 1.42 mhz tower and a few other machines in storage.

I am also involved in a project in which we developed a new concept of navigating websites. This is called “signlinking” which is the same as “hyperlinking”. We have developed a program called Signlink Studio which is allows individuals to developed “signlink” webpages. We are currently moving the software to a Flash based protocol. You can down the first Signlink Studio from aslpah.ca and play with it. We have a Mac version and Windows Version of it.

Check it out!

Thanks,
Jim

About time! :) I’m quite excited about this.

I currently own many macs, but here’s a list of what I use often:
Blue & White G3 Tower
Quicksilver Dual G4
Powerbook 17″ G4 1.67GHz
and finally…
MacBook Pro (Intel Core Duo) 2.16GHz

PAH! I am so excited to hear you set this web site for our MAC users!

I have been used any Macintosh computer since 1985 and I still keep using it without getting worry about the virus!(Really Just very small bugs, but no big deal at all and much better than even Windows VISTA and XP!)

I owned and still have some..

Keeping it up!

PMRjr, MAC Loyalist

MAC Plus (it’s top of my bookselves)
MACsi
Perfomia
950
Mac Cube (it’s next to MAC Plus)
Mac G4
iBook (my first laptop and still uses for my sons)
Powerbook G4
Mac Book Pro

This is great! I had been waiting for a web site like this for a while, so it’s nice to see that us Deaf Mac users are coming together. Congratulations!

Raymond Luczak

I am a MacNewbie… thanks to Michael Clegg who convinced me to get iMac (intel based 20 inch one) and ….

I have one technical question – problem…

I taped “Through Deaf Eyes” with my DVR and I tried to play on my Mac – the captions is so screwy…

Any fix available? I am so upset. I am a LONG TIME PC user and I inserted the DVD in my PC laptop and captions showed up perfectly.

Why not Mac? Help Help help!

Amy Cohen Efron

Keep up Ramy!, Ramy, other members and I attempted to set up http://www.MacDeaf.com, it come down due to lack of support. Finally that HOVRS is able to sponsor it.

I hope that You, Ryan to write history about our old MacDeaf.com, I still have old logo that I can give you, part of history.

Deafpagers.com is created by MAC even many of web sites that I created are by MAC!

I still have my origonal Mac, Mac Plus that still working.
Currety I owns three of them, iMac 17, iBook, and (major use) Dual G4 Tower (gray, Plastic).. would run for another few years Next would be black Duo iBook.

Ramy still have my parents’ Perfomia 605 I am not sure if he have my Centis 650 ha ha.

Congratulations!
CHAMP website and I look forward to learn about tips, tricks and all MAC stuff!
Hey, check out my Mac cartoon: http://www.mdaigletoons.com/etchumor.html
for the laughs!

Matt Daigle
Deaf Cartoonist

Pretty exciting to see more proud deaf Mac users :D

It would be awesome to have a deafmac.org forum sometime in the future.

Congratulations!

I am a MAC member!!! Everyday, I learn something new…

I am a photographer/photojournalist… Please visit my photography website but it is under construction…

Look forward to getting more information from all of you!!!

CHeers,
Tim

First DeafMac.com and now DeafMac.org too. Isn’t that copyright infringement? What’s gives?

whooot! a nice turnout of mac geeks here! i’ve gone through a series of apple models for a long time since i first was exposed to apple’s 512k…

i look forward to seeing new ‘deaf’ mac stuff from you!

(hey ramy, steve only lives like 8 blocks away from my folks’ home…)

Hi Deafmac!

I am Macuser since my first Mac 128 (20 years ago)!!! It is great you etablish a Deaf Club of Mac Cult in USA. In France I saw 3 or 4 deaf mac clubs. You can visit http://www.macisigne.com/ and an other great site http://www.macsourd.com but it is closed for now.
You can see many videoclips in macisigne.com about apple events and news in french sign language. I suggest you can contact this guy Gille who works well on the creation of signs for every products of Apple.
Bravo for your site!

Eric Lawrin

Awesome! I have been a MAC user since 1992! It is user friendly especially when it comes to making graphic designs and editting video clips via imovie. I am looking forward to be more tech savvy where I am able to benefit from your forum.

HOVRS has been an excellent sponsor to the deaf community and more visible than Sorenson. It is making me to think twice about using HOVRS service more! Thanks HOVRS and to you Ramy!

Cheers!

PAH, about time Deafmac est. in 2007!

I remember I first saw Apple 2 in 1978, I became a macgeek ever since then :)

Thanks to Ramy for guiding me to Macworld Expo in SF back in 1996. I attended his first two “deafmac” meetings at SF and CSDR.

I am really looking forward to meet you all through iCHAT Conference room someday.

I loved using my new Macbook 2ghz/2gb and BB 8703e with PAM (Phone as Modem) installed on bootcamp 1.2. It work like a charm espically my friends can watch me driving around Boston through MSN Video.

Maccheers to you all folks !

(Hurry up 10.5 for closed caption tv/movies)

Scott

Great to see Deaf Mac users uniting! What a great site.

DeafVision is proud to be one of those few companies out there that’s Mac-centric. While we provide PC support when we absolutely have to, the majority of our tech team and staff (including our CEO) are die-hard Mac faithfuls.

Cheers,
Michelle Briones
DeafVision, Inc.
Deaf-owned and operated Web Hosting Company

Same here … eMac and I love it. I have an old one too — Power Macintosh 7500/100 Unfortunately .. the fan is not working. All my stuffs in there! Arrghh .. Help me! :-P

Happy Apple!

Diane

Congratulation!
HOVRS and Mac support. Good job. Say hi to Steve Jobs.

fabulous! i have been a mac geek since i was a CSD-Fremont student. Im a MAC nomadic everywhere else :) right now i have a macbook pro. right now im trying to establish xmeeting so i can call you via videophone whenever i travel, definiely need help, :) again, kudos to you both ramy and chad for your effort!

Guys,

Even I am not Mac user — maybe someday. I have one-year old Mac machine but I rarely used it. I don’t have iSight either.

Does it comes with video software where I can create vlog?

Also, when will they host workshop in Dallas?

Let me know.

Grant W Laird Jr.
Crazy Technologies LLC

Well, what can I say? It’s about time there was a Mac website designed for the deaf! I’ve been a Mac user (actually, a MacAddict) since 1997, and I can’t even imagine using anything else! I look forward to being a part of this exciting new site and getting to know other Mac users.

It’s also great seeing familiar names – I had no idea some of you were Mac users! Oh, joy!!

Deaf Mac Addicts Unite! :)

Billy Miles

Cool! I am looking forward to all of this. I have been a Mac user ever since I had my first encounter with a computer in junior high school. My grandparents bought a Mac for home use and that is how I started learning how to use one. Now I have a iMac G5 and a MacBook and love it. The MacBook is so useful now that I am in school parttime.

I have goosebumps on my arms because there is something special that has born in the mac world for the deaf mac users!! Look forward for the more updates on this website. I hope there will be a forum in this site someday..

My PC life has been buried and Mac life has been born on Dec 30 2005.. Currently owns a 17″ iMac (last generation of G5 iMac version) and planning to buy a 13″ black macbook soon..

Ontario, Canada

The new Mac machines now have the Intel chip, does that mean I can uninstall OSX and run Windows XP on it, instead? :-)

heh…

Who here owns AAPL stock?!

MBP C2D 15″

Tayler,

Yes, I do! :)

Wow, Way to go Ramy and others, My sincere CONGRATS!!
I wish you all the BEST, better yet, the CHAMP!

I am a PC user for ages, and ages … now it’s time for me to switch over as a MACnewbie.

Again my sincere CONGRATS!!

FRED – Rivy.

Whoo!! Mac Power! aka (Deaf Power)

Thrilled that you set up the website specifically for the mac users! That way we all can share our ideas, troubleshootings, softwares, tons of the other things, etc, etc.

I will buy iphone when it come out soon in June! Who else will buy it?

Been mac user all my life! WHY? no need to worry about the virus in the system and of course Mac softwares and design is wayyy better than the PC! no questions!!!

Thanks tons to HOVRS for the support! Just bookmark this :)

What is the difference between Mac and PC? I have two PCs.
One is desktop (Windows Vista) and the other is laptop (Windows XP, SP2). Or should I ask which is better: Mac or PC?

Wow! I will look forward to read DeafMac.org from time to time! I am ultimately PC user and been detesting Macs ever since! Hope it will help me to understand Macs.

Used to own Apple II+ and IIe… then IBM XT and intel based computers. Never owned a Mac.

Looking forward to it!

Don’t have Mac yet but have used it in school/college many moooons ago. :D I don’t know if I could afford to have Mac. I have 2 PCs.

Cool color scheme layout! ;)

Cheers!

Greatest news for us (deaf mac wanna-be, newbies and aficionados) after learned that deafmac club came back from the dead!

I have owned 3 Macs since May 2003 after 2 lemon PCs. I currently use the dual 2GHz Powermac G5 attached with 23″ Apple Cinema Display HD and 2.33 GHz Macbook Pro 15″ (just bought the Macbook Pro after the first generation 1 GHz Powerbook 17″). I absolutely love them. Excellent job to you both, Chad and Ramy, on develop new macdeaf.org!

I cannot wait to be one of Photoshop/Lightroom instructor in one of deaf mac events!

My motivation skyrocketed big time when more deafies are interested into Macs. Keep it going like this! Smiles

I really aspire to lend my support to DeafMac.org!

Let me know what I can do. :)

A true shock and awe kind of thing when you come in a website that is dedicated to two already closed-knit communities (Deaf and Macintosh). :) That EVEN brings us closer instantly.

Had been a Macintosh user for a long time (since Apple II era), although I did switch to PC for a short time (financial reasons), now working as a Network Administrator at Rochester School for the Deaf, I’d love to see any applications, tricks ‘n’ tips, secrets, and whatsoever, that are for the Networking world.

Groovy website, by the way. I do see a thing that needs some work and that is getting Jared Evans to switch to Macintosh. Right, everybody? :) That is going to be an easy work. :)

(Jared, to answer your question, you can but believe me, you’d rather use OS X over XPuke)

I look forward to this website from now, tomorrow and forever.

Again, congratulations!

Ramy- Congratulations!

Looking forward to see this website grow even more! :) We need more Deaf Mac fans around here!

#44:

Mac is way better than PC hands down.
What’s the difference? Umm, my suggestion for you, Jean B., is to go to any Apple store in your neighborhood and play with the computers. You’ll know the difference.

I’m a Mac addict since I got the little Mac Classic 512K back in 1986. I’m sure it means nothing to you Jean. Fret not, I wanted to let you know that I use PC at work for a long time. I know both computers through and through. PC gets too many damn viruses while Mac is immune to any virus (so far)

For me, Mac will always be the computer for me.

Hope that helps!

Mikey
Boston, MA

congrats! and thrilled to have a Deaf Mac website to check out often. i have so many questions and i love to vlog and do it on mac! can’t wait to learn more. workshop on mac – i am waiting. i hope it will be held on website and not in person? cuz i live in canada..
way to go!!!! htanks for a great website and thanks to HOVRS for support!!
Noni

I am happy to see this website up! I have been apple user since 1977. I got first RARE Lisa and Lisa 2 XL in 1983 ( http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/apple-lisa2xl/index.html ) and since 1984. I have owned all mac model. Many people knew me that I m still call me “MacFreak” Keep up Ramy and Chad!

Need help with my old mac computer .. it is 7500/100. The fan is no longer working I think. Any suggestions or ideas. All my works are in the computer! Boo Hoo! Diane I can be reached at EJJ333@aol.com. I’m not computer expert!

OF COURSE APPLE SYSTEM DOES NOT NEED TO DEAL WITH STUPID VIRUSES BUT PC HAS TO DEAL WTIH THEM. I AM A NEW MAC USER. I HAVE MY OLD HP LAPTOP THAT IS STILL SENSITIVE TO HIJACKING AND VIRUSES.