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UnSpOkEn
| | #1 posted October 24, 2006 at 3:45pm (EST) |
I'm fairly new to Macs but not to computers in general. I had an Apple IIe when I was little that I played Oregon Trail and Carmen San Diego on quite a bit, but I had gone PC until about three weeks ago. At work I had to use a new Intel Mac Mini for design work. I fell in love with the mac OS and general running stability and said - I'm getting a Mac Book Pro (since I've never had a laptop before).
This thing is incredible, I love it to death and I have some great software I bought for it -- Microsoft Office (yeah I had OpenOffice but its not as good), Photoshop CS2 Suite, Macromedia Studio 8, iLife 06 (Garage Band, iMovie, iDvd, iCal, iChat, iWeb, iPhoto, iTunes), Adium, Toast, etc. But what other good software is out there that I might find interesting?
And has anyone played games on here, because I purchased Civilization IV and it's amazing. I am certainly hoping that Gothic 3 translates onto the Mac as well since I am a huge fan of the first two. Thanks guys and I'm looking forward to talking about Macs with some other owners -- seeing as how most people I know own PC's. Lame. ;)
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nihon
  
 
| | #2 posted October 24, 2006 at 8:35pm (EST) |
Welcome to enlightenment. 
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UnSpOkEn
| | #3 posted October 24, 2006 at 8:47pm (EST) |
nihon wrote:
> Welcome to enlightenment.
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Thanks! The community for the most part has already made me feel like the investment was well worth it. |
savior
| | #4 posted November 2, 2006 at 8:53pm (EST) |
You should check out a program called WireTap. It allows you to record any sound coming out or your computer, or specifically just coming from one program. I use it to record streaming audio from the internet regularly. |
UnSpOkEn
| | #5 posted November 3, 2006 at 12:06am (EST) |
savior wrote:
> You should check out a program called WireTap. It allows you to record
> any sound coming out or your computer, or specifically just coming
> from one program. I use it to record streaming audio from the internet
> regularly.
I tried it out and it's great! Thanks for the suggestion. is it just me or is the mac software a heck of a lot cooler than PC software? |
savior
| | #6 posted November 3, 2006 at 8:09am (EST) |
UnSpOkEn wrote:
> savior wrote:
>> You should check out a program called WireTap. It allows you to
> record
>> any sound coming out or your computer, or specifically just coming
>> from one program. I use it to record streaming audio from the internet
>> regularly.
>
> I tried it out and it's great! Thanks for the suggestion. is it just
> me or is the mac software a heck of a lot cooler than PC software?
I think both platforms have great software. The problem I found when I was a Windows user (which, to be fair was more than 5 years ago) was that there was an overabundance of absolute crap software available. Sifting through the garbage to find the gems was a lot more trouble than it was worth. Since becoming a Mac user, I've found the ratio of great software to crap software is much higher on this side of the fence. I also find that I don't mind paying for the software because it's usually well made and extremely useful. |
savior
| | #7 posted November 3, 2006 at 8:15am (EST) |
Oh yeah, another piece of software you might like is Transmit. It's an FTP client (not too exciting) but if you run a website like I do (http://www.stuckgamer.com) and transfer files often, it's extremely helpful. They put a fantastic feature in the newest version that allows you to set up a starting folder on your local machine to match with a folder on your remote server. You can then drag file(s) or folder(s) within that directory and drop them on the Transmit icon in your dock and it will automatically put them in the same place on your server. So much simpler than logging on to your server, clicking through folders to find the one you want, then uploading the files. I'm assuming you do some kind of web work, since you bought Dreamweaver, so you might be interested.
Also, if you like real-time strategy games, you might want to check out Age of Empires II. For some reason, I still play this game even though it's many years old, and newer releases are available. |
UnSpOkEn
| | #8 posted November 3, 2006 at 10:21pm (EST) |
Savior I definitely will check that game out. I used to have Age of Empires Gold on my PC. I was considering purchasing Rise of Nations on the Mac as well since as you guessed I'm into those RTS games.
And I had been considering World of Warcraft but a monthly fee seems absurd.... have you tried Minions of Mirth? I had been considering it, but I'd like to play the MMORPG with some fellow players -- because that seems like the main point to me. ;)
Another thing I was reading (since all this mac stuff is so very interesting to me now) is that the Havok engine has made its way to the Mac! For those unaware -- that is the tech behind Medal of Honor Pacific Assault and more importantly Half Life 2! So it's a possibility that we may soon see a Mac port of HL2 (so that we don't have to use bootcamp)!
As for the FTP program I had been using the built in Dreamweaver FTP or FireFTP plugin for Firefox 2 (which is quite good).
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savior
| | #9 posted November 4, 2006 at 10:48am (EST) |
AoE II is pretty much the only game I play on my computer. I'll sometimes throw in Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, which is basically the exact same game as AoE II with different cosmetics and names, so it's all in the Star Wars universe. I spend a lot of time console gaming, and I don't do any online gaming, so I couldn't comment on any MMORPGs.
I also use Dreamweaver's built in FTP for some things, but it ties up the whole program. So when I need to edit AND upload, I use Transmit to handle the FTP duties. But now that I'm writing this, I think I remember reading that Dreamweaver 8 added a feature that has it handle FTP functions in the background, so I doesn't tie up the editor, so you probably don't have that problem. |
nihon
| | #10 posted November 7, 2006 at 11:52am (EST) |
I love Transmit. I've had it for several years now, and think it's great. 
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UnSpOkEn
| | #11 posted November 7, 2006 at 3:38pm (EST) |
Made my first DVD with iDVD today! It was a lot of fun to make it. I probably shouldn't be so giddy about it, but it's the first DVD I've ever made... Does anyone know a good program to make DVD labels (actually how does that process even work? :) |
nihon
| | #12 posted November 8, 2006 at 4:36pm (EST) |
If you get the right DVDs and have the right printer, you can print labels directly on the discs with an inkjet. I recommend staying away from the stick-on labels unless they are the very thin plastic kind.
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UnSpOkEn
| | #13 posted November 12, 2006 at 11:42pm (EST) |
I got this figured out. Thanks Nihon! |
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