Comments on: 10 Fresh Tips for New Mac Users http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/09/19/10-fresh-tips-for-new-mac-users/ Welcome to my lifestream Fri, 19 Aug 2011 17:37:25 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/09/19/10-fresh-tips-for-new-mac-users/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Andrew Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:29:14 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/?p=419#comment-545 Essential Software - All the stuff that doesn't run on Mac OS Speeding Up the System - Return the sexy Mac and get a faster ugly PC for the same money What to Avoid - Steve Jobs' siren's call Essential Software – All the stuff that doesn't run on Mac OS

Speeding Up the System – Return the sexy Mac and get a faster ugly PC for the same money

What to Avoid – Steve Jobs' siren's call

]]> By: Davis Freeberg http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/09/19/10-fresh-tips-for-new-mac-users/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Davis Freeberg Mon, 22 Sep 2008 04:15:23 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/?p=419#comment-538 Nooooooo . . . Say it's not true. Man oh man, I lost another one to Mac. Sooner or later I'm going to have to actually try one of those things, but given the die hard reaction online, I'm still afraid to even touch one lest I end up spending a couple of G's on Apple gear in the zombie haze that their products tend to create. It will be interesting to see how well it ends up complimenting your home theater needs. Nooooooo . . . Say it's not true. Man oh man, I lost another one to Mac. Sooner or later I'm going to have to actually try one of those things, but given the die hard reaction online, I'm still afraid to even touch one lest I end up spending a couple of G's on Apple gear in the zombie haze that their products tend to create. It will be interesting to see how well it ends up complimenting your home theater needs.

]]> By: Ben Drawbaugh http://www.jasonunger.com/2008/09/19/10-fresh-tips-for-new-mac-users/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Ben Drawbaugh Sat, 20 Sep 2008 17:51:13 +0000 http://www.jasonunger.com/?p=419#comment-537 Congrats! Here are a few. Growl (don't even ask, just install it, you'll thank me) Mailplane (gmail client) Colloquy (irc) Transmission (torrent) Chicken of the VLC Adium (if you don't like iChat) Audio Hijack Pro (recording any audio) Camino (Firefox for mac users) Cyberduck (FTP and scp) Disk Inventory X (for cleaning up your HDD) Easy Batch Photo (resize and watermark images) Eavesdrop (packet sniffer) Handbrake (ripp and convert DVDs for iPod) iGetter (great download manager) Kismac (wifi tool) MacTheRipper (rip DVDs) VisualHub (for converting videos) MPEGStreamClip (for MPEG2) Nestopia (NES Emulator) NZB Drop (usenet) Receipt wallet (scan images management) Split & Concat (help with usenet) MacPar (usenet) Twitterific Xbench (perf tuning) Zterm (term emulator for RS-232) Congrats!

Here are a few.
Growl (don't even ask, just install it, you'll thank me)
Mailplane (gmail client)
Colloquy (irc)
Transmission (torrent)
Chicken of the VLC
Adium (if you don't like iChat)
Audio Hijack Pro (recording any audio)
Camino (Firefox for mac users)
Cyberduck (FTP and scp)
Disk Inventory X (for cleaning up your HDD)
Easy Batch Photo (resize and watermark images)
Eavesdrop (packet sniffer)
Handbrake (ripp and convert DVDs for iPod)
iGetter (great download manager)
Kismac (wifi tool)
MacTheRipper (rip DVDs)
VisualHub (for converting videos)
MPEGStreamClip (for MPEG2)
Nestopia (NES Emulator)
NZB Drop (usenet)
Receipt wallet (scan images management)
Split & Concat (help with usenet)
MacPar (usenet)
Twitterific
Xbench (perf tuning)
Zterm (term emulator for RS-232)

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