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I have been thinking about getting a macintosh laptop. It won't be for at least a year, but I may get one before I go off to university, I graduate Spring 2005. Anyways, I decided to join this forum to learn a bit about macs before I buy one. I am fine with everything about macs so far, I like the operating system, I like the company (I guess you can't get much worse than Microsoft though), they are pretty fast but theyre don't have many games. I can live with all that. But I would like to know if these programs can be found on a mac, or programs much like them. Also if I have to purchase them, are they freeware, or do they come free on OSX (I understand OSX comes with a few programs). Here's my list of must have programs, or ones like them:
WinRAR
DivX
PowerDVD
Microsoft Office
Adobe Photoshop 7
Macromedia MX Studio
Nero Burning ROM
LeapFTP
Sisoft Sandra
The All Seeing Eye
Trillian
Winamp 2.8
MSN 6.1
ICQ
AIM
Kazaa Lite
Warcraft 3
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Norton AV 2003
Halo
Starcraft and BW
AdAware 6
Fujifilm USB
Sony NetMD Sonicstage
Also I would like to know, when you buy an Ibook or Powerbook do you get an OSX cd? Is it possibly to reformat that hard drives on a mac and reinstall an OS like on PC? If so, how do you do it?
These should start off my thread well, I'll ask more questions when they arise.
WinRAR
DivX
PowerDVD
Microsoft Office
Adobe Photoshop 7
Macromedia MX Studio
Nero Burning ROM
LeapFTP
Sisoft Sandra
The All Seeing Eye
Trillian
Winamp 2.8
MSN 6.1
ICQ
AIM
Kazaa Lite
Warcraft 3
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Norton AV 2003
Halo
Starcraft and BW
AdAware 6
Fujifilm USB
Sony NetMD Sonicstage
Also I would like to know, when you buy an Ibook or Powerbook do you get an OSX cd? Is it possibly to reformat that hard drives on a mac and reinstall an OS like on PC? If so, how do you do it?
These should start off my thread well, I'll ask more questions when they arise.