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<blockquote data-quote="Zoolook" data-source="post: 1189456" data-attributes="member: 21101"><p>Welcome to the boards and I hope you enjoy your new Mac. It's always exciting when you first switch!</p><p></p><p>So some things you can try out right away... </p><p></p><p>Adium - Chat client, works with MSN, Yahoo, AIM, FaceBook Chat, GTalk and just about everything else. Install Growl while you're at it. There is nothing quite like this on Windows, so I like to make this suggestion for that reason</p><p></p><p>Steam - If you liked games on the PC, you already had Steam (you did, right?). Well Steam works on Mac too, and if you had any games by Valve on Steam (as a PC gamer, you DID use Steam, right?) you'll be able to install and play them on your Mac without paying extra. HL2, Left 4 Dead, Civ IV or Civ V, Portal etc, all work great on the latest MBP. You did use Steam didn't you?</p><p></p><p>- MS Office. You already have this, iWork will seem like a baby app by comparison. It's honestly not worth it, but you can download a trial version</p><p></p><p>- iBank. If you used Quicken or MS Money, this is the best the Mac has to offer. It's not quite a feature rich as Quicken PC, but it's a lot better than Quicken for Mac</p><p></p><p>- Trine (game available on the Mac App Store). Really nice, shows off your GPU</p><p></p><p>- VLC. Best overall video player out there, will pick up those codecs that QT misses out.</p><p></p><p>- Flip4Mac. If you need WMV 9 or below compatibility, you'll need this plugin. It was absolutely priceless 4 years ago, but I can't remember the last time I needed it. Just goes to show how irrelevant MS codecs have become on the web</p><p></p><p>- Skype. Mac version is super sweet</p><p></p><p>- Firefox 4 beta 11. If like most sensible people you don't trust Chrome not to spy on you, and you want an alternative to Safari, this is a significant step up from Firefox 3. Give it a try</p><p></p><p>- Before you splash out on a photo editor, try iPhoto a try or even a trial of Aperture. I am convinced that 95% of people who use Photoshop a) don't pay for it and b) only use 2% of its features. Do yourself a favor, don't be one of those people. iPhoto does a lot more than most people realize in terms of basic editing, and Aperture even more. If you like Adobe, get Lightroom instead - unless you earn money with your Photography, you don't need the cost of Photoshop, and downloading it by other means just to 'have it' is shameful.</p><p></p><p>Cheers...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zoolook, post: 1189456, member: 21101"] Welcome to the boards and I hope you enjoy your new Mac. It's always exciting when you first switch! So some things you can try out right away... Adium - Chat client, works with MSN, Yahoo, AIM, FaceBook Chat, GTalk and just about everything else. Install Growl while you're at it. There is nothing quite like this on Windows, so I like to make this suggestion for that reason Steam - If you liked games on the PC, you already had Steam (you did, right?). Well Steam works on Mac too, and if you had any games by Valve on Steam (as a PC gamer, you DID use Steam, right?) you'll be able to install and play them on your Mac without paying extra. HL2, Left 4 Dead, Civ IV or Civ V, Portal etc, all work great on the latest MBP. You did use Steam didn't you? - MS Office. You already have this, iWork will seem like a baby app by comparison. It's honestly not worth it, but you can download a trial version - iBank. If you used Quicken or MS Money, this is the best the Mac has to offer. It's not quite a feature rich as Quicken PC, but it's a lot better than Quicken for Mac - Trine (game available on the Mac App Store). Really nice, shows off your GPU - VLC. Best overall video player out there, will pick up those codecs that QT misses out. - Flip4Mac. If you need WMV 9 or below compatibility, you'll need this plugin. It was absolutely priceless 4 years ago, but I can't remember the last time I needed it. Just goes to show how irrelevant MS codecs have become on the web - Skype. Mac version is super sweet - Firefox 4 beta 11. If like most sensible people you don't trust Chrome not to spy on you, and you want an alternative to Safari, this is a significant step up from Firefox 3. Give it a try - Before you splash out on a photo editor, try iPhoto a try or even a trial of Aperture. I am convinced that 95% of people who use Photoshop a) don't pay for it and b) only use 2% of its features. Do yourself a favor, don't be one of those people. iPhoto does a lot more than most people realize in terms of basic editing, and Aperture even more. If you like Adobe, get Lightroom instead - unless you earn money with your Photography, you don't need the cost of Photoshop, and downloading it by other means just to 'have it' is shameful. Cheers... [/QUOTE]
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