Comments on: Ten Free Mac OS X Programs that Make the PC to Mac Switch a Breeze

By: Jim Smith

Jim Smith — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:01:25 +0000

I can’t understand the PC fans that keep insisting the Mac can’t do games bit is good at graphics. After all, what are games but high-en graphics? My iMac runs Sturmovik IL2 faster and better than my PC with 2 3 GHz processors and 2 GB of RAM ever did. And does it without dual-booting Windows or using an emulator. Crossover Games handles it quite well.

After all, it’s really just manipulating 1s and 0s to do anything. If a computer can do it well in one area, there’s no reason why it won’t do it well in another.

I like all the free Mac programs and the fact that even the ones I had to pay for were far cheaper than there Windows equivalents. For example, Final Cut Express can be had for $150. A PC equivalent I had, Sony Vegas, was about $650 and that was on promotion.

Yes, if you know little about how computers really work and are happy ignoring facts, you can remain a PC user.

By: RObby

RObby — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:23:06 +0000

awesome .. thx

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By: admin

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:38:08 +0000

Jeffery – Here is a discussion of billable time tracking software for Macs that might point you in the right direction. While I haven’t used it myself, WorkTimer sounds like a sold free application that might suit your needs. http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=300665

ZII – Thanks for the tip. I like how unobtrusive it is. http://www.ranchero.com/tigerlaunch/

John – I’ve heard really good things about Circus Ponies and am looking forward to giving it a good trial run this Fall semester. I’ll check out DevonThink as well.

Thanks for the comments.

By: Jeffry Santana

Jeffry Santana — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:22:56 +0000

Hi, i need a softwware for mac, of course, that work equals to quickbooks pro timer, only the timer, this softw is a timer project, please, don’t tell me fusion and parallels.

By: Zii

Zii — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:00:23 +0000

I would add Tiger Launch to that list. It stimulates something similar to the start menu, and is particularly handy if you don’t want your dock crowded. its a little paw print on the top next to the date.

By: endy

endy — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:29:14 +0000

thanks for the list, i love growl

By: John Di Giacomo

John Di Giacomo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:31:03 +0000

Great post Benson. I’m a big fan of Circus Ponies Notebook and DevonThink Pro. I use Notebook for my in-class notes, and I’m sure it would make an excellent trial prep tool. DevonThink Pro is great for case management as well. Green law firms can use DevonThink to cut down on paper waste, and its AI is excellent for searching documents and other legal file formats.

By: nobu

nobu — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:33:47 +0000

A nice spreadsheet app is Tables:

http://www.x-tables.eu/more/overview.html

Some driver are listed on

http://osx.hyperjeff.net/Apps/

e.g.

http://plentycom.jp/en/steermouse/

Just my two cents!

By: Brice

Brice — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 02:41:41 +0000

To all of those asking about games on Mac:

First of all, this is clearly not the focus of this article.

Secondly, I know it’s an extreme cop-out, but you can run Windows through Boot Camp on new Apples.

Someone needs to translate Wine (a Linux program that runs an efficient emulator for Windows games) for MacOSX, IMO. They’re both Unix-based operating systems, after all.