wanna switch to a mac? But something keeps pulling me back ?
please give alternatives on the following list if you can(even few),do not tell me about boot-camp
(i do not want to be shifting os every time when i want something)
When I install My versions of Windows I usually/or must installl the following programs They are a must
-An Antivirus(karspersky/avg)(in mac os i think there is no need But it’ll be good if showed mea another security software)
-Nero image drive or Alcohol 120%)(Cd emulation Sofware-I need to have at least one virtual cd-ROM)
-VLC(A media player that plays AVI,DAT,FLV,MPG,MP3,MP4 and many more)
-Wordweb(an easy dictionary that load s by just right-clicking the Word aND PRESSING crtl ,Give me an alternative)
-A Mac os Feel(flyakite,WinOsx and other Progs-that can be easily solved by earning a Mac)
-Powerdvd(Is there a version for the mac/how is iDVD compared to this software)
-Jet audio(is there A mac version or better solution)
-Windows Media Player(This is a tough one,How can I play WMV’s In a mac)
-Ms OFfice(2003 or 2007, Compare it to the iWORk or is ther a version for the mac)
-Notepad++(I am Web Developer Wannabe,I got to have this software(good for hand coding),or give an alternative in a mac)
-Adobe DreamWeaver(is the amc os version the same as the Windows one or better,in terms of speed and stuff)
-Adobe Photoshop(—-"like above"–)
-gimpshop(—like above–);
-Wamp 0r Xampp( they worked nicely for on windows,how are they in mac ie how are they treated mac os that has it’s own apache and php)
-.chm files(the help file format in windows some of my books are in that format is there a solution)
- Microsoft Programming
-i am not yet into it(but does the mac handle this,the C#,Vb.NET ASP.net)
-Winrar(can extract a number of files ie .zip .rar and many more is there a software that does this in a mac?)
-C ,java and C++(i am a college boy,how does mac help me in this?)
-Nero or any better image burner
-Are there USB ports in a mac(do they accept Pc Mouses,keyboard,Pad on the mac os "leopard")
-and about the hardware(the Hard disk are they IDE or SATA,CaN i Plug my 80 Giga Seagate in a mac?)
are macs Hardware easy to maintain like the PC
ie change/add RAMs,change hard disks,add motherboards or do i have to buy a new every time when it breaks
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Lastly The BOOTCAMP
Win-Software ran on bootcamp are faster or similar to a comparable Pc(you can even demonstrate it interms of games)?
So please help me out answers this or give a reason to stay with the Xp,flame this or aanything
1. Avast!
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-mac-edition.html
Keep in mind that currently antiviruses only check for Windows viruses, even on a Mac.
2. Disk images are mountable as part of the basic operating system. They won’t be of much use in piracy, though.
3. VLC is available on the Mac.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
4. http://www.nisus.com/Thesaurus/
5. You already remove the need for a Mac theme with a Mac.
6. Mac include both DVD burning software and a DVD decoder.
7. No clue about JetAudio. Looks like very other media player out there.
8. VLC can play WMV files.
9. Microsoft Office for the Mac.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx
10. http://www.skti.org/
11. ?
12. ?
13. Should be the same.
14. Macs are not a popular server platform, but the software is just as easily available to them. I believe OS X comes with Apache by default.
15. MacPorts has a collection of CHM tools to convert them.
http://www.macports.org/
16. What’d be the point? Anyway, Microsoft provides no IDE for the Mac.
17. No, Macs cannot use .NET, except via a free implementation known as Mono.
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
18. It doesn’t "help" at all. XCode is available for making Mac apps, and NetBeans has a Mac port.
19. http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html
20. Yes, Macs have USB ports, and have had them since the original iMac.
21. They are SATA. You can plug a non-SATA drive in if you have an external enclosure.
22. No, most Macs are very difficult to upgrade, with the exception of the Mac Pro.
23. A horrible myth. The graphics cards in Macs are actually factory underclocked.
Percentage of worldwide Mac users and businesses…… 8%
Percentage of worldwide Windows users and businesses….. 90%
The thing that keeps pulling you back is common sense
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i’m a software eng student.
if you are mainly java then i would say you go with linux… open source…
if you use visual studio and other *.exe s you should stick with windows.
if you are scared of virus.. then use vista .. it is less prone to viruses but it is so damn slow….
i use xp..
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I am not an expert using Mac but I’ve used it since many of my friends do use them. Software wise such as adobe, vlc, powerdvd, winrar, office, etc, there are versions for mac(most of them come when u buy them). Of course there are usb ports and i’m assuming they accept pc mouses and keyboard(I could be wrong about this one). Alcohol 120 does in mac version, just have to purchase it.
Hardware, they aren’t easy to maintain. I believe you have to send the mac back to apple store or manufacturer to get upgraded for anything.
If you want to plug in your ide or sata drives, you need to get enclosure and use usb ports.
Why not try itunes for playing music?
I found it annoying to program in mac.. but you can program in mac. If you spend extra money, you can dual boot mac and windows and switch back and forth so i guess that wont be much of a problem. Hope this helps.
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Anti-Virus is absolutely not needed on a Mac. Really. Don’t believe anything different. I could go on at length about this but I won’t here.
VLC – There is a Mac version. And many like it too.
Window Media player for Mac is now Flip4Mac (They purchased WMP from Microsoft and made it even better!)
Disk image burning can be done my the Mac OS itself! Works great. Toast software is good too.
Photoshop has always been for Mac too. Gimp is available too.
USB ports have been on all Macs for the past 10 years. They where the first.
Your 80 GB Seagate will work and be seen on the Mac.
BootCamp (included with MAC OS) allows you to run Windows fully (natively!) on the Mac at equal speeds to a PC box because it WILL be a PC at that time. Games will work as good as the video card (get that 256MB one or better) will let them!
Parallels and VM Ware can run windows on the Mac at the same time (no re-booting) and runs nearly as fast, just a bit slower for games.
Mac OS is 64bit on all new Macs, so feel free to max out that RAM! 4GB or more!
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If you want a computer with easy and cheap upgrades, the Mac is the last place that you should be looking. Not only do you pay more for less (DDR2 RAM for the Mac that is only 667MHz costs over $100 for 2GB. That’s the cheapest that I could find on Tigerdirect. Compare that to my 4GB of 800MHz Corsair RAM that only ran me $80 at the same store.
Without going into all of your questions, let me put it this way:
You are a real computer user, not just using if for flashy gimmicks and the clichéd multimedia uses. So stay with real computers, which are PCs.
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1. Avast!
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-antivirus-mac-edition.html
Keep in mind that currently antiviruses only check for Windows viruses, even on a Mac.
2. Disk images are mountable as part of the basic operating system. They won’t be of much use in piracy, though.
3. VLC is available on the Mac.
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
4. http://www.nisus.com/Thesaurus/
5. You already remove the need for a Mac theme with a Mac.
6. Mac include both DVD burning software and a DVD decoder.
7. No clue about JetAudio. Looks like very other media player out there.
8. VLC can play WMV files.
9. Microsoft Office for the Mac.
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx
10. http://www.skti.org/
11. ?
12. ?
13. Should be the same.
14. Macs are not a popular server platform, but the software is just as easily available to them. I believe OS X comes with Apache by default.
15. MacPorts has a collection of CHM tools to convert them.
http://www.macports.org/
16. What’d be the point? Anyway, Microsoft provides no IDE for the Mac.
17. No, Macs cannot use .NET, except via a free implementation known as Mono.
http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page
18. It doesn’t "help" at all. XCode is available for making Mac apps, and NetBeans has a Mac port.
19. http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/toast/titanium/overview.html
20. Yes, Macs have USB ports, and have had them since the original iMac.
21. They are SATA. You can plug a non-SATA drive in if you have an external enclosure.
22. No, most Macs are very difficult to upgrade, with the exception of the Mac Pro.
23. A horrible myth. The graphics cards in Macs are actually factory underclocked.
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