Software...

What would a computer be without proper unbundled non Apple-software for the modern computer user. This article I will give you my information about software I found to be a musthave for any new Mac owner.

1. Stuffit Expander. The most wellknown archive expander within the Mac community.
2. Firefox. Does this software package need any introduction? No?! Ok, then ;)
3. VLC. The VideoLan client. With this media player you can watch streaming live videos via the net. That isn't the only thing it does. It is a fully featured media player. It plays your favorite MP3's, DVD's, OGG's aso aso...
4. Real 10. This media player will stream Real media files via the net. No need to talk about it in greater detail I guess.
5. Macromedia Flash & Shockwave players. Well, you will be needing at least the Flash player, so you can solve that Sudoku puzzle over at Miniclip.com. :)
6. Windows Media plugin for Quicktime. I don't want Microsoft's media player. That's why I chose to install MS' Windows Media plugin for Quicktime. Saves HD space too :)
   
7. Adium. Need a chat client? Need a chat client in which you can have all your chat accounts in? Well, then Adium will take care of that for you. You can even chat in Yahoo groups with it.
8. Cisco VPN client. For anyone that can't have all leisure and fun on the Mac, but actually have to do some work from home, and the net at work uses Cisco products, then Cisco's VPN client will take care of that for you. Easy to use, works well, and doesn't feel as bloated and sluggish as the Windows client does.
9. MS Remote Desktop Client. So you need to be able to connect to your own WinXP Pro machine (at home or at work) or Terminal Server? Get the MS RD client, works well and will give you access to whatever internal resource neccessary without the need for fetching the data to your Mac.

As I continue on my Mac road, I will most likely find more useful software. I will post the links for them in this blog, so you can find out more about them too.