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Just got a MacBook Pro for Xmas and I'm wondering if anybody has any recommendations for some programs that I might not know too much about. I use eclipse, photoshop, azureus, firefox, and will be picking up Office 08 this next month.
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bob.os
Columbus *not* Cbus
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Adium(http://www.adiumx.com/): All-in-one IM client
OSX Intel-optimized builds of Firefox: (http://firefoxmac.furbism.com/)
But you really should be using Camino (http://www.caminobrowser.org) as a web browser
GimpShop (http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294) for those who can't afford Photoshop
Ecto (http://infinite-sushi.com/software/ecto/) Awesome blogging client
Endo (http://infinite-sushi.com/software/endo/) RSS Reader
NetNewswire (http://www.newsgator.com/Individuals/NetNewsWire/) RSS reader
Garagesale (http://www.iwascoding.com/GarageSale/) eBay auction design/management tool
Twitteriffic (http://iconfactory.com/software/twitterrific) Twitter on your menu bar
Flip4Mac (http://www.flip4mac.com/) so you can play WMV files
And, if you are really hardcore, install Fink (http://fink.sf.net) and get a bazillion open source apps
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Transmission for Torrents
NeoOffice for Word/Excel compatibility
+1 for VLC
Handbrake for DVD ripping
Parallels for running Windows XP (you need to install a partition for it)
Plus a lot of what everyone else already said. ;)
Really though, OSX has a lot of great tools built into the OS. The Safari 3 Beta is a great web browser (aside from the occasional glitch that still needs fixed before it's a full release), iMovie and iDVD are great video editing and dvd creation utilities, and the built in hardware (microphone, camera, etc) works great with the built in software that keeps things simple to use.
Congrats on the new MacBook! Fun!
:D
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Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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I opted for the iWork package rather than Office for Mac. I've heard there are some compatibility issues (esp. Numbers -> Excel), so if you frequently need to use spreadsheets and word processing docs on other computers, I'd stick with Office, but I wanted to learn something new. I figured that if I just wanted to print/send documents elsewhere, I could convert the iWork files into pdf's and be instantly compatible.
Numbers is a much sleeker version of Excel without some of the functionality (i.e. pivot tables), but for use at home for things like budgets, it works great. Maybe even better. Like all Mac software, layouts are easy and intuitive.
Pages beats Word hands-down when it comes to doing page layouts. Since I do more flyers, cards, etc... at home, and don't need a hardcore word processor, I actually like it better.
I've only played around with Keynote a little, but it looks really sleek. Some of the page transitions and multimedia integration is head and shoulders above Powerpoint.
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Walker
The KLD / Downtown
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Brewmaster wrote Pages beats Word hands-down when it comes to doing page layouts. Since I do more flyers, cards, etc... at home, and don't need a hardcore word processor, I actually like it better.
Yep, I love Pages too.
Brewmaster wrote I've only played around with Keynote a little, but it looks really sleek. Some of the page transitions and multimedia integration is head and shoulders above Powerpoint.
I've only used it once for a presentation, but I loved that I was able to drag and drop quicktime files, photoshop files, jpgs, pdf, animated gifs, etc and have them seamlessly display as they were meant to. Later on I ended up exporting the same presentation to a powerpoint file (which keynote has an option to do) and it left the majority of the animated/video content broken. :roll: Damn you, powerpoint! Damn You!!!!!
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shroud
Polaris
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+1 for VLC, Adium, Parallels
Quicksilver is a productivity app that a LOT of Mac users I know swear by. It does have a bit of a learning curve to be really effective, but can be really powerful.
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Brewmaster
Portland, OR
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bob.os wrote GimpShop (http://plasticbugs.com/?page_id=294) for those who can't afford Photoshop
I've got Leopard, and it doesn't look GimpShop is compatible with it yet. Are there any other options for basic graphic stuff. I'm just looking for something more advanced that paintbrush and I don't need to drop $300 on photoshop.
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MikeReed
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OmniFocus
gliffy.com (to replace visio- one app I missed- omnigraffle is nice, but didn't want to pay that price)
nodebox (nodebox.net) - python/art
CoRD (RDP client for windows machines)
Cyberduck (ftp/sftp)
MacFuse (for mounting ssh connections as directories)
NeoOffice (replacement for Mac, more Aqua-y Version of open office that doesn't require X11)
MAMP - Turnkey Lamp (minus linux) stack for web sites
macports (for installing GNU software ported for Mac)
Unison (for newsgroups)
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