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<blockquote data-quote="mephron" data-source="post: 886418" data-attributes="member: 38779"><p>#1: yes, upgrade to 4GB. I got mine from Crucial and upgraded myself.</p><p></p><p>As far as software is concerned:</p><p></p><p>An HTML editor - I played with one called Acorn a bit; it's a bit closer to Dreamweaver than you indicate you may like, but it has the Old School Dreamwaver 'let me muck around with code by hand, please' options in it. </p><p></p><p>A free (or very inexpensive) Photoshop alternative - You'll want the GIMP. Most of the functionality of Photoshop, and totally free.</p><p></p><p>A music player - iTunes comes with your machine, has a lot of functionality, and works well. You do want to play with it a bit - it has shuffle functions that allow you to just shuffle EVERYTHING, or by album; it has a repeat; it has the Party Mix which is like the shuffle everything, but allows you to specify some parameters. Add in the simplicity of subscribing to podcasts (I don't know if you do that, but there's lots of stuff out there you may want to explore) and it's probably your best choice.</p><p></p><p>An FTP program - Transmission, hands down. Reminds me a lot of WSFTP, but with the frontendification you get with the Mac World.</p><p></p><p>Microsoft Office - If you can get a price break on it, do so. (I had a friend who worked for Microsoft who helped me get a copy of it.) Pages won't 100% convert over some of the Office stuff, due to Microsoft-specific formattings that aren't licensed over and not quite reverse-engineered.</p><p></p><p>Directory Printing - this I'm afraid I'm not aware of, sorry.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully this helps! I think D3v1lb0y's link was just that your question really is a frequently-asked, and he was trying to point you to more people's suggestions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mephron, post: 886418, member: 38779"] #1: yes, upgrade to 4GB. I got mine from Crucial and upgraded myself. As far as software is concerned: An HTML editor - I played with one called Acorn a bit; it's a bit closer to Dreamweaver than you indicate you may like, but it has the Old School Dreamwaver 'let me muck around with code by hand, please' options in it. A free (or very inexpensive) Photoshop alternative - You'll want the GIMP. Most of the functionality of Photoshop, and totally free. A music player - iTunes comes with your machine, has a lot of functionality, and works well. You do want to play with it a bit - it has shuffle functions that allow you to just shuffle EVERYTHING, or by album; it has a repeat; it has the Party Mix which is like the shuffle everything, but allows you to specify some parameters. Add in the simplicity of subscribing to podcasts (I don't know if you do that, but there's lots of stuff out there you may want to explore) and it's probably your best choice. An FTP program - Transmission, hands down. Reminds me a lot of WSFTP, but with the frontendification you get with the Mac World. Microsoft Office - If you can get a price break on it, do so. (I had a friend who worked for Microsoft who helped me get a copy of it.) Pages won't 100% convert over some of the Office stuff, due to Microsoft-specific formattings that aren't licensed over and not quite reverse-engineered. Directory Printing - this I'm afraid I'm not aware of, sorry. Hopefully this helps! I think D3v1lb0y's link was just that your question really is a frequently-asked, and he was trying to point you to more people's suggestions. [/QUOTE]
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