poll: mac software
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- pkny
poll questions: are there such thing as mac warez programs?
- CyBrainX0
You mean like P2P programes like Limewire, Poison, Acquisition and Drumbeat?
- chimchim0
in a past life..I used to use Carracho and Hotline
- pkny0
do the suggested programs have mac related programs
- chimchim0
yes...almost everything imaginable.
But instead. Just buy the software. :)
- pkny0
of course of course.. just that i want to know if these try them out before i purchase..
- chimchim0
Adobe, Macromedia have 30 day trials.
Maya has a learning edition.
Many audio apps have demos.
What do you need mate?
- pkny0
i haven't switched to mac yet.. gonna get a pbook this winter.. but just in case i need some s/w that i need for school - i can temporarily d/l it from these places.. before i beg my parents to get hte full version.. also i jsut want to get a rough idea of avail. software on macs..
- chimchim0
you are a student (like myself)..here are some quick bits
1. never get a full version (always purchase from academic version for big discount)
2. for testing stuff..just use the 30 day demos
3. you can get just about anything you need for design on the mac - so don't worry about availabilty etc.
4. enjoy - I love my mac desktop and powerbook.
- pkny0
chim chim - which power book did you get? and how much ram do you have on it.. i plan on maxing out the ram on the 12" to 1.2 gig
- chimchim0
I would strongly advise you getting a 15" w/ at least 1 GB ram. Much better machine all-around. More power, more features, runs cooler.
A little secret. There is a program called Apple Developer Connection (student). You can get your laptop for dirt cheap. As an example I will show you the price of this 15" powerbook.
15" with 1.5 G4 / 1GB ram / 128 MB video RAM
ADC Student = $2,399
Apple Education = $2,749
Apple Retail = $2,999
- Donvitoviti0
Everything is out there if you know where to look.
But of course I do not condone this behavior.
- chimchim0
Take a case of white out!
- pkny0
chim: do you find your 15" is a bit big.. in terms of travelling - portability is a main thing for me cuz i plan on bringing it back and forth w/ me when i go home over w/end.. and i hava lcd mon - so its gonna be secondary screen..
the develop connection.. does this apply for citizens of the us?
- chimchim0
yea..not sure about canada ehh?
but as far as 15" goes... I can only say it's just the right size. Everyone did just fine for 3 years before they offered the 12" model:) You'll be ok.
Do you plan do mostly Illustrator and Photoshop?
Heavy motion graphics, audio, or 3d?
If you're just doing 2d...the 12" will have all the power you need. Otherwise..get the 15" for the better video card.
- pkny0
chim: did you have to pay the membership fee - or select one of membership programs that htey have... or i'm ok with the free web membership..
thanx again
- chimchim0
you have to pay a $100 fee in order to get the hardware purchase :)
- Boz0
I hate when people give other people BS on how they are buying all the software all the time and everything they own is legal. I would say maybe 1% of people I know have legal copies of everything. It's unrealistic to expect someone who needs one Adobe app for example for one project or even personal project to buy that application, spend let's say $600-$700 on it, when they make maybe a $1000 or $1500. Especially when you consider they won't be using that app anymore. I support legal software of course, but even MS, Adobe and other big software giants know that if that someone gets their software even illegally that in the end that person will buy it. That's why software industry really doesn't fight piracy that hard. I did that before. I was forced to use "grey" software because I couldn't afford it, but as soon as I did, I started buying all of those programs from them. So far I spent thousands of dollars on software and all these giants got my money in the end. I think that pretty much everyone I know did the same thing in their lives. This is even more pronounced in Macintosh community believe it or not.
Now as answer to your question pkny, P2P networks are pretty much out of the loop these days or are so saturated that they become incredibly slow. My suggestion would be:
Download Azureus:
http://azureus.sourceforge.net/Surf a few torrent web sites for everything you need. Here's a few links. All you do is click on torrent link and you are downloading.
- ********0
if you plan or consider yourself a professional designer who expects to get paid for your work you should purchase your software. If you are some kid who finds it fun to tweak pictures in Photoshop and pretend your a designer... then yeah, use the demos or steal or whatever who cares...
- waynepixel0
Hahahaaa. Hotline Now there was some fun.
I had talk sex on that dam thing once. I was only looking for Photoshop.