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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 398290" data-attributes="member: 24160">Have been using Open Office and now Neo Office in lieu of MS Office at home since 2000.&nbsp; Both have been adequate for what I need them for at home and definitely haven't missed it's price.&nbsp; Using Office 2003 I think at work, have to say Neo Office is a nice looking app.&nbsp; Handles word, excel and powerpoint files.You have 2 choices - Mac the Ripper and Handbrake for the Mac,&nbsp; if you're use to DVD Shrink / DVD decrypter / DVDFab decrypter, you are going to be sorely disappointed with both of these apps.&nbsp; First in the # of diskes they either one will actually work with and 2nd on the time frame it takes them.&nbsp; Can only recommend keeping an XP box around if you plan on much of this type of thing.Nero - Toast;&nbsp; Would use the burn functions built into the OS before paying for this app though.&nbsp; Have not yet had a need to purchase this myself and used Nero a fair amount on my XP machine.&nbsp; See Kash's post.AVG - use the same - see PowerBookG4 post - don't need itFirewall - really recommend hardware firewall, then in conjunction with built-in one, shouldn't need one - Little Snitch mentioned by Brown Study is a good app if you are concerned about what local apps are trying to phone home.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 398290, member: 24160"] Have been using Open Office and now Neo Office in lieu of MS Office at home since 2000. Both have been adequate for what I need them for at home and definitely haven't missed it's price. Using Office 2003 I think at work, have to say Neo Office is a nice looking app. Handles word, excel and powerpoint files. You have 2 choices - Mac the Ripper and Handbrake for the Mac, if you're use to DVD Shrink / DVD decrypter / DVDFab decrypter, you are going to be sorely disappointed with both of these apps. First in the # of diskes they either one will actually work with and 2nd on the time frame it takes them. Can only recommend keeping an XP box around if you plan on much of this type of thing. Nero - Toast; Would use the burn functions built into the OS before paying for this app though. Have not yet had a need to purchase this myself and used Nero a fair amount on my XP machine. See Kash's post. AVG - use the same - see PowerBookG4 post - don't need it Firewall - really recommend hardware firewall, then in conjunction with built-in one, shouldn't need one - Little Snitch mentioned by Brown Study is a good app if you are concerned about what local apps are trying to phone home. [/QUOTE]

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