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TakingBackSunday

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Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« on: July 25, 2008, 01:32:36 AM »
What are some essential programs that I should download?  I already have VM Fusion, Unarchiver, Visualhub, but I'm not sure what else I should grab.
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Vizzys

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #1 on: July 25, 2008, 01:34:20 AM »
photoshop

macfag
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #2 on: July 25, 2008, 01:35:06 AM »
Oh yeah, got Photoshop too.
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bagofeyes

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #3 on: July 25, 2008, 01:48:38 AM »
vlc?

Vizzys

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demi

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2008, 02:01:43 AM »
Windows
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MrAngryFace

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2008, 02:02:17 AM »
Firefox, if only for the cool icon.
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drew

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2008, 02:21:38 AM »
adium
UNO
Growl
Quicksilver
AppDelete

http://osx.iusethis.com/

Van Cruncheon

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2008, 02:35:22 AM »
boot camp


buy windows vista, a superior os
duc

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2008, 05:48:23 AM »
boot camp


buy windows vista, a superior os

 :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

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CurseoftheGods

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #10 on: July 25, 2008, 05:54:15 AM »
Vista is one of the worst, most bloated operating systems I have ever used. What clunky piece of shit. Go for XP if you're going to use Boot Camp. I used a 10 GB partition for it (to play PSO mostly), and it's been more than enough.

Download Caffeine, BrandNew. Very useful for those long YouTube sessions.

bork

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #11 on: July 25, 2008, 06:30:50 AM »
Haha yeah, the first thing I did when I got my MacBook was to get Windows XP over Vista.  I find that I barely use Boot Camp much anyway...currently have 40gb allotted to it and am thinking about deleting it and starting over with 10-15gb instead.
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Rman

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #12 on: July 25, 2008, 10:01:06 AM »
Adium- Instant Messenger
VLC-video player
Handbrake-dvd ripper
NetNewsWire-RSS reader
Camino-Browser

TakingBackSunday

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #13 on: July 25, 2008, 10:38:35 AM »
I'm getting XP today, so no problems there.

Is adium better than iChat?  I quite like iChat right now.  I have Caffeine too, but thanks.
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Rman

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #14 on: July 25, 2008, 01:34:57 PM »
I'm getting XP today, so no problems there.

Is adium better than iChat?  I quite like iChat right now.  I have Caffeine too, but thanks.

I think so.

Van Cruncheon

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #15 on: July 25, 2008, 02:20:27 PM »
wow, you mac guys are really in the app ghetto

come to vista
duc

FlameOfCallandor

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #16 on: July 25, 2008, 02:22:33 PM »
Vista sucks so bad. I rarely ever use my laptop because its so slow.

Smooth Groove

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #17 on: July 25, 2008, 02:30:31 PM »
I love 64bit Vista.  The interface is lovely and internet speed is way faster than XP.   If not for gaming compatibility, I wouldn't even keep XP around.   

T234

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #18 on: July 25, 2008, 02:58:09 PM »
lol macfags

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T234

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2008, 03:00:57 PM »
FreeBSD > apple faggotry
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Vyer

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #20 on: July 25, 2008, 11:24:38 PM »
I'm getting XP today, so no problems there.

Is adium better than iChat?  I quite like iChat right now.  I have Caffeine too, but thanks.

adium's got more options.  Though iChat will be integrated better.


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Van Cruncheon

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2008, 11:26:56 PM »
Vista sucks so bad. I rarely ever use my laptop because its so slow.

you fail at basic driver maintenance and/or windows update, get off the internet
duc

Vyer

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #22 on: July 25, 2008, 11:33:34 PM »
i'm going to build a PC this year I'd like to put Vista on but I don't want to waste my time.

there's probably an over/under on whether or not Vista will be dead by two years.  Even ms wants to move on.

i don't want Windows ME!

Van Cruncheon

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2008, 12:36:41 AM »
ms ain't movin' on from vista any time soon

you can trust me on this
duc

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2008, 12:47:43 AM »
tell your bosses to fucking forcefeed everyone .NET 3.5 so we can use it in our apps without making people go download a 200MB installer.
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #25 on: July 26, 2008, 10:13:12 AM »
Well you know, I might try out Vista.  I have XP right now, but I actually have a genuine copy of Vista right next to me, so I don't know.
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CurseoftheGods

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #26 on: July 26, 2008, 07:36:05 PM »
Be sure to install Boot Camp 2.1 before you do so.

Laramie

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2008, 04:10:17 PM »
Is there a good torrent client for OSX?  I've been using Azureus Vuze for a week and the moments I've spent with it have been worse than the year I spent with Vista on a machine with 1 gig of RAM.  Please tell me there's something of uTorrent quality out there for macfags.
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TakingBackSunday

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2008, 05:42:32 PM »
Have you tried out Transmission?  It's basically the Mac-equivalent of uTorrent.
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cubicle47b

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Re: Just got my Macbook Pro and I have questions!
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2008, 06:06:50 PM »
.Net 3.5. :bow