David

Member since: Nov 17th, 2005

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Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac screenshots leaked (TUAW.com)

Mar 30th 2010 1:22PM Will there be Visio? This is the main thing missing for the Mac. I have to view/edit many Visio docs, including ones embeded in Word Docs.

27-inch Cinema Display, 12-core Mac Pro by June (TUAW.com)

Mar 19th 2010 10:07AM The 27" look good. Dell has already been selling this, using the same panel from the 27" iMac, for a few months. I assume it will have native Displayport so I won't need to buy the $99 adapter cable for my Mac Mini.

Panic releases Unison 2, improves binaries support (TUAW.com)

Jan 22nd 2010 12:53AM With the new version 2 of Unison, I thought there should be a place to
discuss the program, including new feature requests. I've seen discussion about the program in many places, but no dedicated forum, so I created a Yahoo group:

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/unison_mac

Please join if you'd like and let other Unison users know about it. I
hope that eventually Panic will create forums on their website, but
until then...

David

How to run Windows apps for free with Wine on OS X (TUAW.com)

Jan 6th 2010 10:16PM Good timing: I have been using the latest beta of Newsleecher under Crossover office. Everything works great - except for SuperSearch :(

Just this afternoon, panic.com release Unison version 2, which adds a ton of new features, including built-in par/rar and search engine. Sort of. They basically made the program able to access the various binary search websites from within the program and download from there. It's not quite as slick as NL, but from the little I've tried it, it looks like it will do nicely!

How to run Windows apps for free with Wine on OS X (TUAW.com)

Jan 6th 2010 5:32PM Crossover is great! I just switched to Mac from WinXP but needed some Windows programs (Quicken 2009, IE7 to access some Exchange server email, and Newsleecher). I can run these all almost seamlessly without running Windows/Parallels/Bootcamp, etc.

Giving or getting a Mac for the holidays? 10 apps every new Mac user needs (TUAW.com)

Nov 28th 2009 9:48PM I know and love VLC because I'm switching from PCs/WinXP (still need to use for work). It works great and plays virtually anything - including many Real media files in recent versions.

I use VLC, Firefox, and Thunderbird, which lets me easily move back and forth between OSX and WinXP. Works great.

There's still a lot of Windows software not available on OSX, or not nearly as good as the Mac version. For example, Quicken for Mac is a piece of garbage, but happily, Quicken 2009 runs great under Crossover Office - no need to buy Windows or deal with Parallels/Fusion.

Still trying to find a good binary Usenet client. Unison isn't too bad and the developer seems like he's headed in the right direction, but it's a couple of years behind Newsleecher in features/ease-of-use.

Still, I'm in the middle of selling all my Windows PCs and switching to Minis and Macbooks. I love the *nix base of OS/X and will be glad to get away from the cesspool known as the Windows Registry.

David

Motorola Droid stands in for glamorous photo shoot (Engadget)

Oct 19th 2009 12:48AM Want!

Verizon confirms: Palm Pre hitting Big Red "early next year" (Engadget)

Oct 17th 2009 2:50PM I know VZ has crippled many phones, but haven't they been pretty good with Palms? What do the ATT or Sprint Centros have that my VZ Centro doesn't have?

Microsoft's second Laptop Hunters commercial: Giampaulo buys an HP HDX (Engadget)

Apr 4th 2009 7:22PM Cool - this is the Fry's in Fountain Valley and the Apple Store at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa (California). I go to both of these fairly often to just look around at lunch (although I often buy stuff at Fry's but not at Apple).