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<blockquote data-quote="dauber" data-source="post: 1353703" data-attributes="member: 48449"><p>Programs to install? Well...here are a few that I can't be without:</p><p></p><p>- LibreOffice -- a lot cheaper than Microsloth Office and iWork (can you say "free"?) and almost 100% compatible</p><p>- LogMeIn.com Free -- great for accessing computers remotely.</p><p>- Firefox -- Safari is too slow and overblown for my own taste.</p><p>- CyberDuck if you do FTPing</p><p>- Audacity for sound editing</p><p>- Toast Titanium -- much more flexible than iDVD and iTunes for burning DVDs and CDs.</p><p>- VLC to watch just about any format video you can think of</p><p>- Max for CD ripping (NEVER trust iTunes to rip CDs without errors!) and audio conversion. (Oh, how I wish Exact Audio Copy were available for Mac...)</p><p>- Ya GOTTA get XCode if you plan to learn how to program for the Mac.</p><p>- Do you have a Java instructor like mine who recommended downloading the Eclipse IDE via BitTorrent? Use Vuze. Really good, full-featured BitTorrent client with a good search engine.</p><p>- iPartition if you ever decide to partition your drive with multiple formats -- Mac, Linux, Windows, etc.</p><p>- iDefrag -- I don't care what ANYBODY says, if your drive isn't an SSD you WILL eventually need to defrag the thing. iDefrag is worth the investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dauber, post: 1353703, member: 48449"] Programs to install? Well...here are a few that I can't be without: - LibreOffice -- a lot cheaper than Microsloth Office and iWork (can you say "free"?) and almost 100% compatible - LogMeIn.com Free -- great for accessing computers remotely. - Firefox -- Safari is too slow and overblown for my own taste. - CyberDuck if you do FTPing - Audacity for sound editing - Toast Titanium -- much more flexible than iDVD and iTunes for burning DVDs and CDs. - VLC to watch just about any format video you can think of - Max for CD ripping (NEVER trust iTunes to rip CDs without errors!) and audio conversion. (Oh, how I wish Exact Audio Copy were available for Mac...) - Ya GOTTA get XCode if you plan to learn how to program for the Mac. - Do you have a Java instructor like mine who recommended downloading the Eclipse IDE via BitTorrent? Use Vuze. Really good, full-featured BitTorrent client with a good search engine. - iPartition if you ever decide to partition your drive with multiple formats -- Mac, Linux, Windows, etc. - iDefrag -- I don't care what ANYBODY says, if your drive isn't an SSD you WILL eventually need to defrag the thing. iDefrag is worth the investment. [/QUOTE]
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