Suggest me softwares to perform these common tasks

[asifnaz]

I just bought a MBP 15" so I am new to Mac

So kindly suggest me:

Word processor
spread sheet
Drawing
Photo editing
Photo viewing
Disc writing/burning
English dictionary
Video editing
2d games and light weight 3d games
typing tuter
C compiler
any other educational/learning/fun etc

I will really appreciate your help

 

[andiwm2003]

welcome to the Mac world:

Word processor
spread sheet

since you are new to mac I would suggest iWorks (Pages, Numbers from the App store $30) or Microsoft Office Home/Student edition from Amazon for $99.

Drawing
Photo editing

Pixelmator for $30 from Appstore. Not so good at drawing though. Or Adobe Photoshop elements for $79.

Photo viewing

You have iPhoto with your mac for free anyway. Great Photodatabase and viewer. Xee is a viewer most similar to Windows Picture viewer.

Disc writing/burning

I only burn disks directly through the OS X. Maybe others have suggestions. ? Toast Titanium ? or so.


English dictionary

no idea.....just use the web.

Video editing

iMovie for easy stuff, Adobe Premiere Elements for easy stuff. Final Cut Express for medium to pro. Final Cut Studio or Adobe Premiere for pros.

2d games and light weight 3d games

I do not game but browse the app store for that.

typing tuter
C compiler
any other educational/learning/fun etc

 

[walterwhite]

English Dictionary is included with the OS

 

[simsaladimbamba]

MRoogle

Word processor

Pages, part of iWork or Text Edit, part of Mac OS X, or MS Word, part of MS Office, or ..http://www.pure-mac.com/textword.html

spread sheet

Numbers, part of iWork, or MS Excel, part of MS Office, or http://www.pure-mac.com/spreadsheet.html

Drawing

http://www.pure-mac.com/graphics.html

Photo editing

iPhoto, part of iLife, coming with every Mac or http://www.pure-mac.com/graphics.html

Photo viewing

iPhoto, part of iLife, coming with every Mac or http://www.pure-mac.com/graphics.html

Disc writing/burning

Toast Titanium, Burn, Finder and Disk Utility, or http://www.pure-mac.com/diskfile.html

English dictionary

Dictionary, part of Mac OS X, or http://www.pure-mac.com/language.html

Video editing

iMovie, part of iLife, coming with every Mac

2d games and light weight 3d games

http://www.pure-mac.com/games.html

typing tuter

http://www.pure-mac.com/typing.html

C compiler

XCode, located on the Restore DVD or http://www.pure-mac.com/prog.html

any other educational/learning/fun etc

http://www.pure-mac.com/education.html



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[Hellhammer]

since you are new to mac I would suggest iWorks (Pages, Numbers from the App store $30) or Microsoft Office Home/Student edition from Amazon for $99.

Just to add that there is 30-day trial of both app suites so try them out before buying. Also, OpenOffice is a free alternative, give it a try.

 

[asifnaz]

Thank you andiwm2003 for such a detailed answer .

Any other user with suggestions

for Disc writing/burning and

typing tuter

C compiler

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Thank you andiwm2003 for such a detailed answer .

Any other user with suggestions

for Disc writing/burning and

typing tuter

C compiler

Post #4.
And MRoogle
And Links to Software Recommendation Threads
And PureMac

 

[blesscheese]

Some softwares I use

* Yes, the English dictionary is included in your Applications folder (maybe other languages have other dictionaries). The included dictionary is the Oxford English Dictionary, and is all I need (great because the website dictionaries are littered with ads.

* For basic word processing, all I need is OpenOffice, which is free on-line. Pages is somewhat more of a page-layout program than a word processor. If you like small but powerful apps, Bean is a great word-processor, and is also free.

* For basic text editing, Text Wrangler is free, although I use TextMate.

* As he said, for photo viewing, the included iPhoto is all you need.

That is what I use regularly, I can't help you with the rest.

Good luck!

 

[walterwhite]

The cheapest and easiest word processor is included... Text Edit. You can do quite a bit with it... its just stripped down with regard to the UI. It's my "goto" for a simple note or copy past to an email.

 

[Fishrrman]

Word processor. spread sheet:
MS Office if you _absolutely_ need compatibility with Office "on the Windows side of things".
iWork - as others have mentioned, I believe you can try this for 30 days free before you buy
NeoOffice - absolutely free, as is OpenOffice.

Photo editing:
Graphic Converter
Preview (already in your applications folder) can do basic -- but useful -- editing tasks

Photo viewing:
Graphic Converter
Preview
FFView - very handy freeware app for viewing folders of pics
And, of course, iPhoto

Disc writing/burning:
Toast is the definitive disc burning app for the Mac, but it's commercial software.
You might also try "Burn", which is freeware. It may do all you need to do.

English dictionary:
Look in your applications folder for "Dictionary"

typing tutor:
There are some web pages designed to teach typing. You'll have to google for them.