MAC VS WIN - Planning to get a Mac??? Some advice......Am a windows user

**lordofdaflies** · 08-31-2008 09:36 AM

i just found a few torrents that say that windows ofiice is available on mac and its cracked????
i thought mac software couldnt be cracked

**volkspost** · 08-31-2008 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by lordofdaflies

i just found a few torrents that say that windows ofiice is available on mac and its cracked????
i thought mac software couldnt be cracked

After using Mac for 20 years now and having used all versions of MS Office on the Mac I fianlly made it to avoid the Software at all.
I use iWork from Apple (80 $ or so) comes with keynote (PowerPoint compatible, mostly), Pages (Word files open and save) and Numbers (Excel open and save) - perfect for me.
If I need MS Office 100% compatibility, I used to have free NeoOffice (http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php).

just my 2 cent

**lordofdaflies** · 08-31-2008 02:35 PM

thanks volkspost
im getting NeoOffice now and at the same time downloading the MS Office torrent

**volkspost** · 08-31-2008 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by lordofdaflies

thanks volkspost
im getting NeoOffice now and at the same time downloading the MS Office torrent

My biggest problem stepping away from Office was the fact that I had all my contacts, calendar and stuff organized in Entourage (like Outlook on Win). On a Mac syncing relies on Apple's apps in this case address book and iCal. You can of cause sync Entourage with both Apple apps but this is often trouble.
So stepping away from entourage and getting used to Apples apps took me a while.
Now I am really happy with both apps, dont miss MS stuff at all

**lordofdaflies** · 08-31-2008 02:59 PM

iv used address book for a day and i think is so much better than windows address book or even MS Oulook

Loving the mac, just waiting to get my 4 GB ram upgrade (getting ot on wednesday)

**volkspost** · 08-31-2008 03:01 PM

Originally Posted by lordofdaflies

iv used address book for a day and i think is so much better than windows address book or even MS Oulook

Loving the mac, just waiting to get my 4 GB ram upgrade (getting ot on wednesday)

RAM will be pushing this a lot. I have 4 gig in both of my Macs, it boosts performance a lot - as on any unix system

**lordofdaflies** · 08-31-2008 06:41 PM

Originally Posted by volkspost

RAM will be pushing this a lot. I have 4 gig in both of my Macs, it boosts performance a lot - as on any unix system

i hope so

PS congrats on ur 100th rep pt

**lordofdaflies** · 09-01-2008 09:05 PM

While browsing hackint0sh on safari i noticed that all the smilies next to the main title is shown as a blue question mark, is there a plugin im mising