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<blockquote data-quote="Corbab" data-source="post: 1033033" data-attributes="member: 126609"><p>The Apple Care is well worth it. If something breaks on your $1000 or $1599 computer, you're going to want to protect it.</p><p></p><p>I noticed you mentioned getting into web design and photography. </p><p>Organizing:</p><p>iPhoto will get you pretty far, but if you're looking for more power, Aperture and Lightroom are the two most popular options. I have Aperture 2, and I love it. Supposedly 3 is even better. It also feels a lot like iPhoto, so if you want to upgrade later, you'll feel right at home. Lightroom is also great software, and while I haven't had any experience with it, I've heard good things about it. Lightroom 3 is coming out pretty soon, so if you decide on that, wait a bit for the actual release. Google's Picasa is free and people like it, but I've never looked into it.</p><p></p><p>In terms of extra editing software, there's a whole range of products.</p><p>Image Manipulation:</p><p>Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the professional option, and it's got everything you could want. Photoshop Elements is Photoshop's little brother, and it's got a lot of the functionality at a fraction of the cost.</p><p>Pixelmator is a more affordable option, and while it's only at 1.5 release, it's a really advanced piece of software. It's got a lot of functionality and a really easy to use interface.</p><p>GIMP is totally free, but it's pretty hard to work with if you're not experienced.</p><p></p><p>Vector-Based Graphics:</p><p>Adobe Illustrator is, once again, the top of the pile in this kind of work. Unfortunately, it comes at a high price.</p><p>There are some free alternative: Inkscape, Seashore, and Drawberry come to mind. I haven't tried any of these out fully, but they are free if you just want to mess around.</p><p></p><p>P.S.- Sorry I didn't include any links (I'm feeling a bit lazy), but a quick Google will find you all of these and I'm sure many more options.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Corbab, post: 1033033, member: 126609"] The Apple Care is well worth it. If something breaks on your $1000 or $1599 computer, you're going to want to protect it. I noticed you mentioned getting into web design and photography. Organizing: iPhoto will get you pretty far, but if you're looking for more power, Aperture and Lightroom are the two most popular options. I have Aperture 2, and I love it. Supposedly 3 is even better. It also feels a lot like iPhoto, so if you want to upgrade later, you'll feel right at home. Lightroom is also great software, and while I haven't had any experience with it, I've heard good things about it. Lightroom 3 is coming out pretty soon, so if you decide on that, wait a bit for the actual release. Google's Picasa is free and people like it, but I've never looked into it. In terms of extra editing software, there's a whole range of products. Image Manipulation: Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the professional option, and it's got everything you could want. Photoshop Elements is Photoshop's little brother, and it's got a lot of the functionality at a fraction of the cost. Pixelmator is a more affordable option, and while it's only at 1.5 release, it's a really advanced piece of software. It's got a lot of functionality and a really easy to use interface. GIMP is totally free, but it's pretty hard to work with if you're not experienced. Vector-Based Graphics: Adobe Illustrator is, once again, the top of the pile in this kind of work. Unfortunately, it comes at a high price. There are some free alternative: Inkscape, Seashore, and Drawberry come to mind. I haven't tried any of these out fully, but they are free if you just want to mess around. P.S.- Sorry I didn't include any links (I'm feeling a bit lazy), but a quick Google will find you all of these and I'm sure many more options. [/QUOTE]
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