I'm about to get a mac. What programs do I need?

[morgothaod]

So far my list includes:

MSN and AIM
Open Office (for excel, powerpoint, and word)
What program can open .doc files? (when I open them through open office on my PC, I see gray squares).

What video player should I install?
What program can open .pdf files (does Adobe work on a Mac OS)?
Does Limewire work on a mac?

I can't think of anything else that I'll need because I'm mainly using this for school and watching porn videos. Are there any other programs that I need? I won't be using Windows at all.

 

[martychang]

OpenOffice is fine with .doc, the files you had might be corrupted or just formatted weirdly.

Preview comes with OS X and handles PDF perfectly, even on Windows Adobe is the wrong answer(Foxit or SumatraPDF).

VLC is the best media player for any platform, if you have some unsubstantiated reason to hate it, Perian codec pack enables Quicktime to play just about anything.

Adium handles all IM protocols as far as I know.

I think Limewire or Frostwire is available for Mac.

 

[charlesbronsen]

quicksilver.

 

[HBOC]

Limewire? I didn't know that was still around.. Utorrent or tranmission..

Some great programs that are mostly freeware..

Xact - converts FLAC to AIFF or WAV
Handbrake - for videos..converting them to the iPhone, ripping DVDs
VLC - a great program, although QT X is a lot better
audacity - great for messing around with audio of mp3s, etc..
cyberduck - ssh program (ftp)
little snitch - although this costs like $50? can't remember, but you get a trial
unrar X - just like unarchiver.. opens rar'd files...
magnifique - customize the look of iTunes/OS X..
iSTAT - really cool program!
iTune statistician - cool app.


PAYWARE programs..
BBEdit - text edit program, great for HTML programming
Candybar - allows you to change the icons easily. Costs $29, and they are located here in PDX.

It just depends on what you are needing to do. There are a TON of other programs, like coversutra, bowtie, geektool, ...

 

[PDFierro]

I can't think of anything else that I'll need because I'm mainly using this for school and watching porn videos.

That's rather,.. upfront.

 

[Buzz Bumble]

That's rather,.. upfront.

That's what happens when you let 13 year olds access the Internet without supervision.

 

[morgothaod]

add 10 to that bumble