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Making the switch: App for app

Now that new Macs will run Windows beautifully, people are considering Macs who haven't before (I've seen it myself around the office). They may install Windows, but I'm sure that once they play around in the Mac OS for a while, they won't all go back.

Being Mac newbies, however, these users may not be aware of the Mac counterparts for some of their favorite Windows apps. The good folks at Blather have compiled a nice list of popular Windows apps, and their Mac counterparts:
Now, this list seems to cater the needs of a web developer, so we'll put the question to you: As a switcher with the needs of a home user, what alternatives would you offer?

Now that new Macs will run Windows beautifully, people are considering Macs who haven't before (I've seen it myself around the office)....
 

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gumbo koontz

Appel Mac sucks so therefore I buy stock as it soars . I am trying to put a stop to the hype of Mac !! I dont care wht happens to my money. I dont care if MACs will take 50% of computer share. I dont caaarrrre!!! nothing matters to me anymore

April 26 2007 at 4:56 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ShaleX

@pixelslut(27)

Yes, but that keeps it as part of the overall playlist. With iTunes your entire library. In WMP11, when you select Album view, you can a) scroll by album, and you can just select the album. So if I say I want to listen to an album, and put it on shuffle, in iTunes i'd have to make a playlist, instead of just selecting the album and pressing play.

And Preview is decent replacement, but Windows Picture Viewer let's you directly access a slide-show, and you can just click left or right and scroll through all the pictures in that directory. As for a replacement to IE7, oddly i'm surprised i'm the only one who just uses Safari. I've found myself perfering Safari to FireFox.

April 17 2007 at 4:41 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ray

I would like to switch to a MAC, and I tried at the MAC store in the mall. The one thing I need a PC for work for is to login and do my daily work on Farmers Insurance's website. Firefox and Safari dont work, I spent an hour with a tech and he showed me how to run IE not windows, just IE and it worked, but it seemed like a bit much of trouble. :(

April 17 2007 at 11:32 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
sere

For ftp I can also recommend Interarchy in addition to Transmit...

April 17 2007 at 3:26 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dawe

So FastTrack Schedule is a cross-platform application, and has run natively on the Mac for a good long time. There's also Merlin for project management, and MindManager for idea management/organization a la OmniOutliner.

April 17 2007 at 1:07 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cory Bradford

Is there a good Mac replacement for MS Access?

April 16 2007 at 10:54 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Mike S

FlashFXP isn't really equal to transmit because transmit (still) doesn't do true FXP. It will only download a temporary copy to your mac first, then it will upload to the other server.
Whereas FlashFXP will actually go server-to-server without downloading the files to your pc.

April 16 2007 at 7:28 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brian Harris

I am still trying to find one for Access (and don't say filemaker!)

April 16 2007 at 7:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Brad Proctor

Cannot help but point this out but...You do realize you used the greater than sign? You are basically saying each windows app is greater than the mac apps, which I am sure is not what you meant.

April 16 2007 at 7:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ant

@28:

Use quick mask and and an airbrush. in photoshop. I almost always do all that manually. ALternatively you can select what you want save the selection and then feather and copy to your hearts content. i personally dont like preview windows as you can never tell accurately wats going on over the whole image as the windows are far too small.

April 16 2007 at 6:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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