Oct 12, 2010
Transition to Mac NOT going as well as had expected
I hope this attempted transition to MAC doesn’t end in tragedy, but it looks like its heading that way fast…
- MS Excel 2008 maxes processor
- Cannot drag and drop files into Dreamweaver file manger
- Lack of any “finder” based SVN client (e.g. such as tortoise SVN)
- Lack of blogging software that holds a candle to MS Live Writer (come on! this is a Microsoft product)
- MAC Skype client doesn’t support multi video
- Have to pay for a lot of programs I got via open source before.
Yes there are some things I like, but I’m afraid that this list is only going to continue to grow.
Update After this momentary crisis I didn't just ditch the MAC. I kept with it and am enjoying it more and more.
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Brad Morse
For blogging, check out marsedit.
Wait for Office 2011 (or check out neo office or open office or even google docs – I don't like Microsoft Office on either OS)
There are good open source programs for the mac too, just need to find them.
Oct 12th, 2010
Bjorn
Re: SVN tools for the Finder, check out SCPlugin.
http://scplugin.tigris.org/
Oct 22nd, 2010
Dave
RE office — give numbers a try. I hate pages, but numbers and keynote are both very good. The UI takes a little bit to get used to, but it's fine once its going.
RE Skype — have you tried iChat? Skype really is more windows facing software. The iChat cilent is quite good, and has probably done a lot to inhibit the featureset of skype on a mac. As long as you are talking to aim or jabber users, you should be fine.
Nov 3rd, 2010
cwpollock
Well, I should let you all know that I made it past that momentary crisis I was having about sending the MAC back and am now growing more comfortable with its functionality every day. Turns out I was having just as many problems on the PC when I went back to try to do some things on that machine. That assured me that the problem I was having that day wasn't a computer problem, but a problem problem
Nov 3rd, 2010
Philly
And I thought I was the senislbe one. Thanks for setting me straight.
May 4th, 2011
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