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hi, all! i'm new to Mac - and to forums. anyway, as i'm only using mac now, i've got some quesstions. first, i find that some attatchments to my usual emails wont open - like wmv and others. apps like miro cant open them either also, foxtel (which is cable/satellite tv in australia) doesn't download onto mac - only windows. is it worth getting a version of windows and some fusion software or should i just keep playing and learning?:[http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/mac_images/images/smilies/Embarrassed.png
 
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Your Mac's Specs
15" MBP '06 2.33 C2D 4GB 10.7; 13" MBA '14 1.8 i7 8GB 10.11; 21" iMac '13 2.9 i5 8GB 10.11; 6S
Grab Flip4Mac to play wmv files on your Mac.

Perian will let you play just about everything else.

VLC is a good player to have, it will play DVDs and yet a few more different types of media. Some switch over to this for a lot of their video, although I rarely find the need for it.

For watching over-the-air or cable TV you will need a TV Tuner / video capture device the same as you would in Windows.

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