The 2 Mac applications I can’t live without
Wednesday, May 14th, 2008For most of my life I was a Windows user. Actually, I was a DOS user before I even had Windows. I still remember when DOS 6.2 came out and how it was a big deal.
Over the past couple years I experimented with a dual-boot Windows XP / Ubuntu setup, with the eventual goal of switching over to Ubuntu completely, if I could. Ultimately, the clunky Photoshop support is what kept me from doing that (Though it looks like that could be changing.). During that time I also had a Mac Mini (One of the last G4 models) that, for whatever reason, I had setup strictly for music production and media management.
One year ago I had an unfortunate break-in at my office and lost both of my computers. Because my development environment had become almost platform neutral, I decided to make a change and buy a MacBook as my primary work computer, figuring I could always do the Boot Camp thing if I really needed to.
Today, I don’t see myself switching back to Windows any time soon. I’m running Leopard these days and I find it’s a truly extraordinary desktop experience.
That being said, I think my positive Mac experience is owed partially, if not fully, to two third-party applications that I couldn’t live without. These guys are what pushes the desktop experience over the top.