JT Spunk | Photography

What software would be essential for me to get for my Mac Book Pro?

Hi everyone

You will need
Aperture – which is for viewing lots of images straight off the camera
Photoshop CS4 for image work and retouching – get the student version
and iWork09 when it comes out – you don’t need MS Office for Mac

You DON’T need to buy a modem and if you have an existing printer just use that. Macs have had built in Wifi, networking and internet for about the last 8-9 years or so.

Guide to Mac Leopard here

http://www.apple.com/findouthow/mac/

The MacBook also has the multi touch mouse pad

http://www.apple.com/macbook/

Macs run Microsoft Office:mac
or
iWork09 from Apple which works with MS office

http://www.apple.com/iwork/

All Macs can also run Windows with Bootcamp,
VMware
which contrary to some opinions DOESN’T run Windows slowly.

Or you can download OpenOffice3.0

http://openoffice-software.com/new/home/?affebnid=124&gid=&ovid=&yid=&msid=&hop=howgood

which is native to Mac and FREE
- it works with MS Office too.

All Macs come with iLife09

http://www.apple.com/ilife/

PhotoBooth and Garage Band and Safari web browser.
There is also HEAPs of FREE stuff for Mac

http://mac.softpedia.com/

http://www.opensourcemac.org/

http://www.macupdate.com/

http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/

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