thinkmac.net— Are you buying a Mac? This list of software is highly recommended for any new mac owner, especially switchers.
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I agree. As a switcher myself, I don't think there is a whole lot of non-obvious stuff in his list.The biggest peeves of switchers (which also tend to get us flamed by Mac whores) are things like a Finder replacement that behaves like Windows Explorer, key remappers (home, end, forward delete, page up, page down, command) and other utilities that give us functionality that we might miss in Windows.All the most popular Windows apps have counterparts in the Mac world already, bittorrent clients, web browsers, etc. I don't see Transmit on the list, which shows you how the Mac does things right compared to many shovelware apps on Windows.Overall, a pretty useless list.
This is the same list that's posted every other week. Why do you people keep submitting these things? I own a mac. I already have these programs. Everyone else has already seen a similar list. Seriously, search dig for "mac" and "freeware" and look at how many of these lists there are.
I just spent about an hour yesterday working on my father-in-law's eMac trying to get some things done. Though a list of software is interesting - there's no relevance to what your Windows Expee friends are using in order to gain a reference point. Just such a list was very helpful for me when I made the switch from Win2K to Linux about two years ago. I had no clue what I'd be using for IM or web page design. I'd suggest, too, something about how to deal with the missing mouse button on the Apple eMouse.
I switched away from OSX to Ubuntu recently. While still on Tiger I could've really done with something like Vienna. A great looking app! I have RSS covered in Linux now but will FWD this list to those of my friends using a Mac for sure.
If you just want to install and use it just like any other piece of software that you would get from BestBuy then you should just get a Mac to use OS X. The hacked version of OS X for x86 isn't for people who don't want to get down and dirty with their computer.
That's one of the dumbest things I've read in some time. There are many other factors that business users consider. There are many types of business users who have different tasks. Your simplistic generalization is irrelevant.
slantyyzJul 5, 2006
I agree. As a switcher myself, I don't think there is a whole lot of non-obvious stuff in his list.The biggest peeves of switchers (which also tend to get us flamed by Mac whores) are things like a Finder replacement that behaves like Windows Explorer, key remappers (home, end, forward delete, page up, page down, command) and other utilities that give us functionality that we might miss in Windows.All the most popular Windows apps have counterparts in the Mac world already, bittorrent clients, web browsers, etc. I don't see Transmit on the list, which shows you how the Mac does things right compared to many shovelware apps on Windows.Overall, a pretty useless list.
skaagent11Jul 5, 2006
This is the same list that's posted every other week. Why do you people keep submitting these things? I own a mac. I already have these programs. Everyone else has already seen a similar list. Seriously, search dig for "mac" and "freeware" and look at how many of these lists there are.
timitJul 5, 2006
Quicken (preinstalled), and Keychain (OS X built-in)
perfectreignJul 5, 2006
I just spent about an hour yesterday working on my father-in-law's eMac trying to get some things done. Though a list of software is interesting - there's no relevance to what your Windows Expee friends are using in order to gain a reference point. Just such a list was very helpful for me when I made the switch from Win2K to Linux about two years ago. I had no clue what I'd be using for IM or web page design. I'd suggest, too, something about how to deal with the missing mouse button on the Apple eMouse.
ordminuteJul 6, 2006
I switched away from OSX to Ubuntu recently. While still on Tiger I could've really done with something like Vienna. A great looking app! I have RSS covered in Linux now but will FWD this list to those of my friends using a Mac for sure.
electrobotJul 6, 2006
If you just want to install and use it just like any other piece of software that you would get from BestBuy then you should just get a Mac to use OS X. The hacked version of OS X for x86 isn't for people who don't want to get down and dirty with their computer.
tthielJul 10, 2006
Delocalizer has not been updated for some time. You actually want MonoLingual which is an open source version that is kept current.
tthielJul 10, 2006
That's one of the dumbest things I've read in some time. There are many other factors that business users consider. There are many types of business users who have different tasks. Your simplistic generalization is irrelevant.
tthielJul 10, 2006
Google is your friend. Lots of people do exactly this. Man there are some dumb comments on this topic....
kmhtkmhtkmhtJul 19, 2006
Great.