Apple Mac Lovers

[Heelfan71]

My Imac will be here this week. ANy must have programs. Can you run firefox? What about MS Word? I need to have MS word for my wife and her job.

[Bruins]

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Firefox runs beautifully. Yes, you can purchase MS Office for Mac. If you use any messaging programs, tryout Adium. Parallels Desktop is a must if you have any applications you need to use that are Windows only.

[Rodster]

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I would also suggest Onyx for routine maintenance, and it's a free utility. Camino is also a good browser.

[Dealin Rams]

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Adium is great for instant messaging, as mentioned above.

iBank if you want to run a finance program (quicken for mac is unfortunately garbage).

Quicksilver is great, check it out.

here are some more: http://www.coolmacapps.com/

[Heelfan71]

Re: Apple Mac Lovers

thanks for the tips. Only thing I am worried about is learning a new computer. Been using windows since 3.1

[Gizmo]

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This past weekend is one year to the day, that I have had my Mac. Absolutey love it, couldn't have made a better decision getting it.

Firefox works great. I use Yahoo for messaging. The new beta works great. I like some of the minor details.

Also, you will love Garage Band. I'm still trying to get my hands on Final Cut though.

[GenoG]

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Yeah, Onyx is great, and Firefox is the only way to browse

Good luck, you will never look back.

[CPMax]

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I'm gonna play devil's advocate and suggest some other alternatives to what other people said:

www.opera.com

I use Opera on my Mac. I prefer it slightly to Firefox because its the smallest, the most secure, the fastest, and has all my cool widgets (facebook widget, virtual aquarium, etc). I suggest you try it out, but Firefox is still an EXCELLENT option if you don't like Opera.

I suggest sticking with iChat for your messaging, and downloading an extension called Chax. It basically adds all the features of Adium (like logged chats, tabbed chats, etc) and keeps everything localized into one program.

If you want to know about some other cool programs, IM me @ cpmax205. I'm on a lot and would love to help. Like other people said, once you get a mac, you'll never EVER want to go back.

[Heelfan71]

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If you want to know about some other cool programs, IM me @ cpmax205. I'm on a lot and would love to help. Like other people said, once you get a mac, you'll never EVER want to go back.

THanks. I may take you up on that offer. I'll try opera too.

[Rodster]

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THanks. I may take you up on that offer. I'll try opera too.

I don't like Opera have used it enough both on XP and OSX and didn't care for it at all. It's a fast browser but the interface and how it deals with certain websites got on my nerves. One nice thing about Opera is it has built in torrent support.

My browser's are:

1) Firefox
2) Camino
3) Safari

[gez20]

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If you can't get your hands on MS Office immediately you could try OpenOffice. I still like MS's product better but OpenOffice gets the job done and its free.

I haven't tried Firefox on the Mac yet since it left a bitter taste in my mouth from the Windows days, but I'm finding Safari to be more than adequate.

And just for skits and giggles, try virtuedesktop to imitate Spaces from Leopard its really cool when you have a laptop and tap the screen...

[Heelfan71]

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just booted up the Mac !! How do I maximize a web page. Using safari right now...

[GenoG]

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The green button will make it bigger. Or you can drag at the bottom right to widen it to your desired size.

[mgoblue]

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enjoy...I joined the mac crowd (for work) when i got a supremely sweer MacBook Pro...I recommend Adium and Firefox like others mentioned. Other than Office everything else I dl'ed was more work/development specific. Macs are damn nice though, and the integrated unix aspect makes life easier for how they do things here.

[Heelfan71]

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thanks. the green button made it a tad bigger so I drug along the bottom to fill the screen. Any way to make it stay that way when I open it back up?