The Mac Alternative

[Hayd93]

Hey,

I have heard alot are getting macs this xmas so i thought i would make this to help you out. Any windows programs that you think you will miss 99% of there time there is a mac alternative.


Word prosessing/Office
Windows program: Office 07/03
Mac alternatives: Iwork 08 (http://www.apple.com/iwork/), Office for mac 08/04 (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx)

Msn Messanger
Windows version: WLM 9/8.5
Mac alternatives: Mercuary messenger (http://mercury.im/) (webcam supported), msn for mac (http://www.microsoft.com/mac/), Adium (http://www.adiumx.com/)

FTP
Windows Program: Filezilla, core FTP
Mac alternatives: Filezilla, transmit, CyberDuck

Email
Windows program: Outlook express
Mac alternative: Entorage, Thunderbird, Apple mail

Bittorrent
Windows program: Bit torrent, U torrent
Mac alternatives: Bittorrent for mac, xtorrent, Transmission

Temprature
Windows Program: Speedfan
Mac alternative: iStat, smcFanControl

Movie making
Windows program: Sony vagas, movie maker
Mac alternatives: imovie, Final cut express, final cut pro (Dedi GFX needed)

Sound editing
Windows program: Adobe audition, audacity
Mac alternative: audacity for mac, Protools, GarageBand

Web development
Windows program: Dreamweaver
Mac alternatives: iweb,Dreamweaver for mac,Coda, TextWrangler + CSSEdit

Image editing
Windows program: Photoshop, Paint
Mac Alternatives: Photoshop for mac, GIMP

Desktop screenshotting
Windows porgram: vvcap,tehupload destop app
Mac alternative: Grab up, iSnapzPro, Skitch

Web browsing
Windows program: IE7,firefox
Mac alternative: Safari, Firefox, Opera

Disc burning
Windows program: Windows dvd burner, Nero
Mac alternative: Toast

Antivirus
Windows Program: Avast, NOD32
Mac alternative: Your on a mac you dont need that rubbish.


Running other OS's On a Mac
Windows program: VMWare, Virtualbox
Mac Alternative: VMWare Fusion, VirtualBox, Boot Camp (Built into Leopard), Parallels.




Hope that helps you and i hope i have covered as many areas as possible.




Thanks

hayd93 & Mattgarner

UPDATES
19th October 2008 - Added more programs that users suggested.

[Recursion]

Thanks, will come in handy with my new Christmas Mini :D

Transmission for BitTorrent also.

[Hayd93]

Thanks, will come in handy with my new Christmas Mini :D

Transmission for BitTorrent also.
Knew there was a popular BT cleint i missed. Dont use it you see i use bittorrent but soon utorrent for mac should be out :)

[xxMATTGxx]

Very Nice work Dan :)

[Frizzoo]

Nice list :) What about Open Office? And it's just Adium not Audium :P

[Johno]

There are quite a few programs you missed out.

Temp: smcFanControl

FTP: CyberDuck

Paint: GIMP

Sound Editing: GarageBand

Web Dev: TextWrangler + CSSEdit

Screenshots: iSnapzPro, Grab (Comes with the mac), Skitch

Would be nice if you like put in your preference to which one is best
:)

[Hayd93]

There are quite a few programs you missed out.

Temp: smcFanControl

FTP: CyberDuck

Paint: GIMP

Sound Editing: GarageBand

Web Dev: TextWrangler + CSSEdit

Screenshots: iSnapzPro, Grab (Comes with the mac), Skitch

Would be nice if you like put in your preference to which one is best
:)

ye you see though we all use differnt stuff. Like i dont use some of them you have put and i am sure you dont use some i use. Added to list though Thanks.

[Johno]

Yeah I know what you mean, but seeing what someone considers the best is good to know :)

[newWORLDorder]

Recently on HXF there has been a burst in users running more than one OS.


Maybe you could add :-
VMWare Fusion
VirtualBox
Boot Camp
Parallels.

These would maybe be under "Running more OS' on a Mac"

[Loqo]

Thanks for the thread, I might be getting a MacBook for my birthday in March so this will come in handy.

[xxMATTGxx]

Recently on HXF there has been a burst in users running more than one OS.


Maybe you could add :-
VMWare Fusion
VirtualBox
Boot Camp
Parallels.

These would maybe be under "Running more OS' on a Mac"

These have been added to the list :)

[Recursion]

uTorrent was leaked ages ago :P

It should be stickied IMO.

[DaveTaylor]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=486107 *whistles*

[GommeInc]

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=486107 *whistles*
I thought this seemed familiar :P

[Agnostic Bear]

Antivirus
Windows Program: Avast, NOD32
Mac alternative: Your on a mac you dont need that rubbish.




Oh when the day comes when Macs get enough market share and virus creators care enough to infect them I will come to this thread and simply say "i told you so"

You also don't need those on a Windows PC either unless you're an idiot and love clicking on ANTIVIRUSXP2008.EXE

[Panda]

i love gimp! gutted about my e-mail not being supported by apple mail though, might try thunderbird.

[xxMATTGxx]

i love gimp! gutted about my e-mail not being supported by apple mail though, might try thunderbird.

What email do you have?

[lolwut]

You missed out Vuze as a BitTorrent client for Mac btw. :)
But cheers, am downloading Mercury Messenger for it's webcam support. Thanks. :)

[Hayd93]

You missed out Vuze as a BitTorrent client for Mac btw. :)
But cheers, am downloading Mercury Messenger for it's webcam support. Thanks. :)
Takes a few more recorces than other clients but in my opinion is the best.

[xxMATTGxx]

Takes a few more recorces than other clients but in my opinion is the best.

It's ok but I hate the bloody look of the thing. I just hope Adium or even Microsoft bring webcam support soon.

[Hayd93]

It's ok but I hate the bloody look of the thing. I just hope Adium or even Microsoft bring webcam support soon.
By the looks of it the offical msn client will be getting webcam support first.

[xxMATTGxx]

By the looks of it the offical msn client will be getting webcam support first.

Can't bloody wait! :P

[Nick.]

Oh when the day comes when Macs get enough market share and virus creators care enough to infect them I will come to this thread and simply say "i told you so"

You also don't need those on a Windows PC either unless you're an idiot and love clicking on ANTIVIRUSXP2008.EXE

You do that... I wonder when, 12th of Never? Sorry but the whole market-share excuse is a load of junk. All you hardcore Windows fans realised that it actually was impossible to get a virus on a Mac and decided to blame it on market-share. Sorry, but if it's just a market-share issue, wouldn't one person have made just one Mac virus now just for holding the title of being the first ever Mac virus creator? I would think so, but obviously nobody had to you loose. Sorry.

[newWORLDorder]

Streaming media to Xbox
Connect360


Streaming media to PS3
MediaLink

[DaveTaylor]

By the looks of it the offical msn client will be getting webcam support first.

amsn already has it :/

[xxMATTGxx]

amsn already has it :/

That client is a piece of ****

[Recursion]

You do that... I wonder when, 12th of Never? Sorry but the whole market-share excuse is a load of junk. All you hardcore Windows fans realised that it actually was impossible to get a virus on a Mac and decided to blame it on market-share. Sorry, but if it's just a market-share issue, wouldn't one person have made just one Mac virus now just for holding the title of being the first ever Mac virus creator? I would think so, but obviously nobody had to you loose. Sorry.

Nothing is impossible.

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=OS+X+virus&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm a mac user and I never denied that they can't get viruses. Any OS can get viruses, I mean its not hard. Its just Mac users have fewer then what Window users may get. I mean, all you have to do is keep your system clean and a good Anti-Virus software and your good to go.

http://www.tuaw.com/2008/11/18/new-variant-of-rsplug-trojan-making-the-rounds/

[mb-group.net]

Antivirus
Windows Program: Avast, NOD32
Mac alternative: Your on a mac you dont need that rubbish.



It's still advisable to use Anti Virus on OS X, if you aren't running any, be careful!


Also, remember if you are running Windows within boot camp, you are still prone to the Windows viruses, the Macintosh hardware doesn't stop them, still run virus protection!

[Nick.]

It's still advisable to use Anti Virus on OS X, if you aren't running any, be careful!


Also, remember if you are running Windows within boot camp, you are still prone to the Windows viruses, the Macintosh hardware doesn't stop them, still run virus protection!

LOL! Obviously... And you don't need to 'be careful' without virus protection on a Mac...

[mb-group.net]

LOL! Obviously... And you don't need to 'be careful' without virus protection on a Mac...

Yes you do. There are viruses for OS X and if you download one by accident you don't know the concequences.

[Recursion]

I like the way Nick is avoiding Matts and my posts.

[Nick.]

I'm not avoiding your posts, but I'm sorry... there's what a few 'malicious' applications for OS X and yes there is one that spreads via the iChat messaging service, but, they don't do any harm to the system. They just 'spread', who cares if it doesn't do anything. There is no way you can kill your system from a malicious app on OS X.

[mb-group.net]

I'm not avoiding your posts, but I'm sorry... there's what a few 'malicious' applications for OS X and yes there is one that spreads via the iChat messaging service, but, they don't do any harm to the system. They just 'spread', who cares if it doesn't do anything. There is no way you can kill your system from a malicious app on OS X.

No, but that is still classed as a virus. Its rare for a virus to harm your PC in Windows, as well.

[Recursion]

I'm not avoiding your posts, but I'm sorry... there's what a few 'malicious' applications for OS X and yes there is one that spreads via the iChat messaging service, but, they don't do any harm to the system. They just 'spread', who cares if it doesn't do anything. There is no way you can kill your system from a malicious app on OS X.

Google Define for Virus:
"A virus is a program written to cause mischief or damage to a computer system. A mild virus might only be a slight nuisance, or even amusing. ..."

So there are Viruses for Macs, and if the last sentance was implying viruses on Windows can, then I don't see how they can if UAC is on, its just like the password prompt on OS X.

[Agnostic Bear]

I'm not avoiding your posts, but I'm sorry... there's what a few 'malicious' applications for OS X and yes there is one that spreads via the iChat messaging service, but, they don't do any harm to the system. They just 'spread', who cares if it doesn't do anything. There is no way you can kill your system from a malicious app on OS X.

Yes there is, you are totally clueless aren't you? And yes the market share does matter, the more people that can be infected and used, the more likely that the virus / trojan writers will think "hmm i can infect these computers" and write viruses for them, and with the majority of OS X users having no anti virus they are going to become a very big target very quickly. Apple will collapse under it's own weight.

[Nick.]

Yes there is, you are totally clueless aren't you? And yes the market share does matter, the more people that can be infected and used, the more likely that the virus / trojan writers will think "hmm i can infect these computers" and write viruses for them, and with the majority of OS X users having no anti virus they are going to become a very big target very quickly. Apple will collapse under it's own weight.
Don't you dare call me clueless... as far as I'm aware you don't even own a Mac so I know more than you on the subject.

[GommeInc]

Yes you do. There are viruses for OS X and if you download one by accident you don't know the concequences.
You don't need to be too careful :S The word is "aware" that it is possible, not bolten down the hatches and expect the worse :P

Also, hasn't DaveTaylor done this before? There's a thread at the top of this forum which is sticked that has alot more information :/