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newbie Green Apple!!! software thoughts?
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1326062"><p>In my essay (link below) I suggest giving Safari a try until you find a reason to switch to something else.</p><p></p><p>I also don't suggest larding the machine up with a bunch of third-party stuff until you're very comfortable with the Mac way of doing things -- it'll save a lot of time and frustration. But one exception, I do suggest downloading and installing <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx" target="_blank">Flip4Mac WMV Player</a> and <a href="http://perian.org" target="_blank">Perian</a> (both free) to enable the proper playing of nearly any video format.</p><p></p><p>VLC is an alternative viewer and a great program, but I'm not sure how "needed" it is by normal users. QuickTime (with the supplements I mentioned) seems to do a fine job on nearly everything, though VLC is darn useful for playing different-region DVD discs and other oddball formats.</p><p></p><p>If you have the Lion upgrade you should have already upgraded to it. There's absolutely zero reason not to. Be sure to run Software Update after you upgrade so you get the 10.7.2 update.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1326062"] In my essay (link below) I suggest giving Safari a try until you find a reason to switch to something else. I also don't suggest larding the machine up with a bunch of third-party stuff until you're very comfortable with the Mac way of doing things -- it'll save a lot of time and frustration. But one exception, I do suggest downloading and installing [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx"]Flip4Mac WMV Player[/URL] and [URL="http://perian.org"]Perian[/URL] (both free) to enable the proper playing of nearly any video format. VLC is an alternative viewer and a great program, but I'm not sure how "needed" it is by normal users. QuickTime (with the supplements I mentioned) seems to do a fine job on nearly everything, though VLC is darn useful for playing different-region DVD discs and other oddball formats. If you have the Lion upgrade you should have already upgraded to it. There's absolutely zero reason not to. Be sure to run Software Update after you upgrade so you get the 10.7.2 update. [/QUOTE]
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