A Month with a Mac: A Die-Hard PC User's Perspective
by Anand Lal Shimpi on October 8, 2004 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
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Applications under OS X
What made my little OS X experiment feasible was the fact that, with the exception of games, just about every application, which I used daily on my work computer, was available as a direct port or in a substitute form for OS X. Below is a list of some of my commonly used applications on my PC and the equivalents or substitutes that I used under OS X:| Windows Application | Mac OS X Equivalent |
| Microsoft Office 2003 | Microsoft Office 2004 |
| Microsoft Outlook | Apple Mail |
| Trillian (IM/ICQ) | Adium X |
| Macromedia Dreamweaver | Macromedia Dreamweaver |
| Forte Agent Newsreader | Unison |
| Microsoft Outlook Addressbook | Apple Address Book |
| Microsoft Internet Explorer | Apple Safari |
| CuteFTP | Transmit |
| Microsoft Outlook Calendar | Apple iCalendar |
| Adobe Photoshop | Adobe Photoshop |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | Apple Preview |
I won't touch on every single application and how it works under OS X, but I will tackle a few.
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ProviaFan - Friday, October 8, 2004 - link
#3 - Office XP was also known as Office 2002, and that was for Windows.ProviaFan - Friday, October 8, 2004 - link
Excellent article!One question, though... I wasn't aware of an Office 2004 being available for Windows. I presume you must be in on the beta?
ThatGuyPSU - Friday, October 8, 2004 - link
You guys need to get better fact checkers. There's no such product as Microsoft Office 2004 for the PC.Over the past few years, PC versions have been odd numbered years while Mac versions have been even numbered years.
jtntwozz - Friday, October 8, 2004 - link
hi my first post*welcome!!*i love this article.. i think its very well written, well done anandtech! i think its a great, unbiased article from a windows user's perspective which is very important as many of us use windows.. i would like a similar article on linux.. a guide exactly like this, excluding the hardware.. just an beginner's guide to linux.. start with the installation of a particular distro.. and exlpain some productivity programs... etc.. that would be totally kool:P
ksherman - Friday, October 8, 2004 - link
Yeah, its here!! been waitin for this for a long time!! Ill let you know what i think after i read it!ksherman