Happy_Frappy
join:2003-02-14
Chowdahville
1 edit | reply to signmeuptoo
Re: What is your list of must have apps?
AppleWorks will be the best bargain 'works' application since it includes OS9/OSX versions on the disc and templates are fairly useful for most users. Requirements won't bog down a Beige G3 with 256mb or less and a small disk space footprint. For most people AppleWorks is powerful enough for most tasks and the drawing/paint features are really useful. Basic wordprocessor documents translate without problems to MS Word format, complext documents from either side will have problems after conversion. Edu pricing is $40 USD
Office 2004: Personally I'd avoid it on older systems or bare minimal memory req, the performance was horrible on my 12" PowerBook's base config of 256mb of ram. For usability you'll need 512mb so OS X+Office apps have enough headroom. You may want to consider hunting down a copy of Office for OS X, requirements aren't as heavy and you'll avoid having to spend so much on memory upgrades.
BB Edit: while its a great product, use google to find the 'Lite" version for OS 9... or if your going OSX there was a 1.0 version for X but AFAIK they took it offline, I think I have a copy on a MacAddict CD.
PixelNhance: A great freeware program for tweaking colour, contrast, etc of photos/graphics.(OS X)
Art Directors Toolkit: A great program which is useful in measurements/conversions, scaling estimates, column estimates, preview colour swatches(easier to view with this vs the floating window(s) of Photoshop.(OS X)
VirtualPC: Useful for running certain PC-Only freeware or shareware... or in my case some specialized Windows applications for uni(OS 9/OS X) |
