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Holo · 10-01-2004, 06:59 AM

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Originally Posted by brandon11983

I have seen a lot of complaints so far about the lack of software, could some chime back in and tell me what software you need that is not available for Mac? I think the whole "look at how many apps there are for Mac and then how many are for PC" argument doesn't hold much water anymore. I believe there are over 6,000 applications available for OS X.

Lasareth:
2. Your right click equivalent is the Control-Click, it will give you a similar sub-menu with one option being "Get Info" or Properties on XP. Clicking "Open With" will give you another sub-menu that will allow you to open the file with the program of your choice. This can also be done from the "Get Info" screen and you have the option of designating a program for the file to always open with... and it actually works.

3. A routine sweep of an Apple Store will show you all the software you will ever need. It did for me.

4. I am not a gamer, so I won't even attempt to defend that. I know that Mac is not a gaming machine.

5. You mentioned that you cannot navigate through a Mac quickly. I will state again that I am extremely flutent in XP, and I honestly say that OS X is easier to get around in. Again, your right click is now a Control-Click, OS X nav is somewhat keyboard focused. Control-Click for submenus, Command-Click to open a link in a new tab in Safari... and so on.

6. I have a 1.25 Ghz PowerBook G4 and I find it to be plenty fast for the apps I use it for (Photoshop, Final Cut, DVD Studio Pro...)

I read in an article some time back when a ZDnet journalist switched to Mac
for a month right after OSX came out and he said you *can* use a 3 button mouse so you can have right click if you wanted to. Just thought I'd let you know.

I could prolly find replacement apps for most of my stuff, but I *need* Newsbin Pro. NOTHING comes even close to it's power. I've gotten extremely attached to the Proxomitron too. Most P2P apps are easy to set and use on windows, but I hear Mac guys saying they have trouble finding good clients.

I have run OSX on my PC using PearPC. It was slow of course on this old 1.8Ghz but I found it easy enough to navigate. I like the fact you can use *nix apps on it with Fink but the reasons above prevent me from being a Mac convert any time soon.