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- eplawless, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Please don't call it "the herps", it makes it sound as if you're intimately familiar...
- kirkja08, on 10/12/2007, -4/+17...so put windows on it and install Autocad, 3d studio max, what every else you need for Engineering.
- SPThom, on 10/12/2007, -7/+18A few points:
* MacTheRipper but no Handbrake? I question whether this was written by a real college student. Perhaps a grad student?
* GIMP: Ok, now I know this isn't a real college kid. If he were for real, he'd just pirate Photoshop, because GIMP blows.
* Cyberduck... I thought Transmit was the de facto standard FTP client? - brentzilla, on 10/12/2007, -3/+13This is a list for college students. College students are notoriously poor. Cyberduck is free, Transmit is not.
- w00master, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12"Quicksilver is crap compared to Butler. It has some crazy defenders, but the having to launch it every time you want to handle a keystroke or grab your pasteboard is slow and annoying."
This I don't understand, you can have Quicksilver start-up automatically, and then invoke using a simple keystroke. This makes no sense. - bradbeattie, on 10/12/2007, -7/+14Ugh. Enough of the mac app lists. Just figure out what you need to do and find something that'll do it. Look at these places.
macupdate.com
osx.iusethis.com
versiontracker.com/osx - meadot01, on 10/12/2007, -5/+11Poor college students have macbooks?
- Vermifax, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Well, between Safari, Firefox & Shira.....IE is no longer relevant on a Mac.
However, if IE7 is your vice....install XP on your Mac and rock out. - davdav, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7There are about 10 different interfaces available (some are TINY) and QS can be invoked with a single key.
I just tap the control key and I am on my way. - danielwsmithee, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I did engineering with a Mac just fine, and that was before intel based macs so you couldn't install windows. It may be different depending on what type of engineering you do. For me (electrical/computer) most of the apps we used were Unix apps that ran fine on a Mac, or were only available for HPUX and I just ran them remotely by porting my Xwindows session (ssh -X ...).
- eczarny, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11A Mac is also very well-suited for Computer Science.
- kazem, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Use Writely instead of Word! :-)
- brianmost, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9I've seen several efforts over the years, but none were stable or complete: Is there a solid X11-less Mac GIMP port yet?
I paid for Photoshop CS2. I'd like it to be the last. :) - kirkja08, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7Also, they tell you that you need a PC for engineering b/c of all the programs that are PC only, but really, who is going to go out and spend $10,000 on high end aps for their laptop? I spent most of my time in the labs.
- gjscds, on 10/12/2007, -5/+9MSFT Office, in my opinion, is just easier. The GUI seems better--especially in PPT vs. the Open Office equiv. I tried using OO for a while, but found it to be unstable on the Mac--and even if it was stable, I just didn't like it.
- beatmonger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Herpes, porn, and plagiarism.. this guy doesn't give college students much credit.
- whiskeybravo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Good collection for most home users too. I would substitute Transmit for Cyberduck and I would not recommend GIMP to the weak of heart. Photoshop elements is easier to use and cheap enough even for students
- Maniaca, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3What's wrong with a free one that does a great job?
- georgemoore13, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I use Handbrake because I prefer having the digital file as opposed to physical media. It is alot easier to give your friend a .mpg file than to burn a DVD.
- tagliare, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Seashore
http://seashore.sourceforge.net/ - PasteEater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Solutions:
1) Skip over these articles.
2) Go to another site. - danielwsmithee, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6They all still use X11. The latest version of Mac Gimp is very good though. It runs just like a normal application in your application folder. The only difference is it loads X11 in the background. It even has all the menus and stuff like a normal Mac application. I believe there is even a modification you can install to make the menu options match Photoshop. I haven't installed it though because I am no more familiar with Photoshop then Gimp.
- morriwi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2jeff...college is about a lot more than academia...This isn't Crucial Mac Apps: Education Edition....it is college in general...stuff to have fun with in college and things that I have found really useful since I have been in college..Anyways this was a list I wrote for some friends and thought other people might find some things here useful as well. Especially people who just switched.
- elroy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2OpenOffice has near 100% compatibility with MS office formats, INCLUDING powerpoint and excel. Don't knock it till you try it (and by try, I mean rely on it for a substantial amount of time).
Transmit is a nice FTP client -- I like the programs Panic makes (I use Unison and love it) -- but Cyberduck has the same featureset and it's OSS. Transmit does give you the column-view, but Cyberduck has outline view... As a web developer, I find the later more useful -- I can view my controller, view, and library files all at the same time. - vbsurfer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Sorry but GIMP sucks.
- captbaritone, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2HSsssssss!
- kbunsie, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5I think the main point that is missed here is that he left out some of the best open source software out there that would be essential to the college student who needs to budget and spend wisely.
- adalgiso, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Please, for god's sake, stop calling it Windoze
- chrisprasojo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Great list! :D
People, if you're looking for more great Mac freeware, take a look at http://www.freemacware.com
I'm subscribing to its RSS. They have great list of nice app. - morriwi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe not much to do with academics, but a lot to do with college...Most of the time spent at college isn't on schoolwork. I'm in college and these are the programs that I use on a consistent basis along with many that are included with new macs...iCal especially. If you read the bottom of the article, you would have seen I didn't include these.
- Coffeedemon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Its called a calendar and pen - learn it and love it.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It's not Office X it's Office 2004 for Mac! Office X was the previous release.
- AssProphet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4I'm talking about launching the ^ space window.
See for your self, Quicksilver has an unnecessarily big interface. I find it's menu navigation annoying too.
QS : http://mac.softpedia.com/screenshots/19-1629_1.png
Butler : http://www.petermaurer.de/butler/guide/english/help/pics/triggerabbreviation.png - thebraineater, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1these are all really good. heh, when i was at the source forge page for one of them there was this ad for more flexible screwing. "The Flexible Shaft Ratcheting Screwdriver!"
@dragazis
shut up - techlinks, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Office? Are you kidding me? First off, unless you need to use to advanced features in Word, you can just use Google's free Writely. If thats not enough, than get Apple iWork. Pages and Keynote. for $80 bucks. Much nicer than Office. Only thing missing is spreadsheets, which, again, if it's just simple stuff you could use Google Spreadsheets.
Oh, most of this list has nothing to do with college. I was expecting maybe some oganization stuff. - doctorcaligari, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4Heck, why do you even need a photo program on the Mac? It already comes with iPhoto '06. I've all but quit using Photoshop and GIMP since that came out. All of the stuff is in one dialog box: straighten, color correction, tint, etc.. Last week, I spent 30 minutes in Photoshop 6 (it's what work gives me) trying to find crap that I found in 30 seconds in iPhoto.
- ericeman, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3"Being in college means downloading a lot of stuff from Torrent sites and this is a great client."
Unless your school cracks down on piracy.. - iMactel, on 10/12/2007, -6/+7Awesome collection, I find many of these useful.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One word -
Alefox! - TomP, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That site is amazing thanks
- pjludlow, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I agree this list isn't all that great. Sure maybe he lists some of these because they are cheaper alternatives, but college students can get quite good student discounts on software or will just "borrow" them from a friend.
Obviously certain departments will require certain things, but for an average student some of these aren't needed.
Like someone mentioned if you are doing simple Photo editing you can use iPhoto. If you need more you will use Photoshop. I was a graphic design major, and if you're in that field you just won't cut it without learning the Adobe Creative Suite. GIMP just isn't an option.
Transmit is the best FTP client hands down.
I would have to go with Microsoft Office instead of some of the OSS since you will most likely have to deal with Powerpoint presentations, excel files and other things that will need to work while you are in class or sharing them with other students.
Other than that there really aren't any "essential apps." Technically you could get by with what was installed when you got your Mac. Write reports in TextEdit. Surf the web in Safari, etc. These lists are getting pretty lame. - davdav, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Quicksilver does far more than any built in OS tool will ever do at the moment. Even leopard.
- siplus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I regularly use(d) OOo 2 on my powerbook for college. It took awhile, but NeoOffice has the aqua port of OOo 2, and I have seen no problems with compatibility. Both MS Office (from that "test drive") and NeoOffice reside on my harddrive, but MSO never sees use.
Every file I open from my profs work 100%, and everything works when I use my files on uni computer labs (all MS Office).
I have to say, I'm really impressed with the work done by Neo/OOo - blindanddeaf, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well, what can we expect. This is just a student list. For a more full list, check this one out:
http://www.macrecon.com/2006/08/14/the-ultimate-mac-list-for-free-apps-and-more/ - Jerk, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2For a "college edition" this has very little in the way of ***** that a student would actually use for school stuff. iProcrastinate will help them keep track of assignments (stage of completion, due dates, etc) for multiple classes. I wish there was something like this when I was in school, I was an organizational nightmare. Get it here:
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22481 - sycomiko, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1me to, im loving mine as well, thanks for helping me feel like less of a dork
- samuel514, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2nice collections, dugg :)
- oOLiquidNightOo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2thanks for your points NC.
i've just preferred the quick one button approach. i can compress a dvd to my drive in 30 minutes and the quality is still excellent. the no fuss approach, i guess.
i'm gonna check into MTR more. - Harlequn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Text Wrangler - great free text editor
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I don't get it! This is a crappy collection of crap! it's all, gee-wiz, fun and games stuff! Except Office. Nothing educational here! What about EndNote, Bookends, Mathlab, etc., no I guess we're all supposed to chat and play music. Lame!!!!
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