Switching to a mac, could someone answer a few questions ?

ok em really thinking about buying a mac pc, or a hackintosh, seen it on ebay , apparently a mac inside a pc, good price 2, em anyways, sick of windows , blue screens, viruses, bn to the pc shop to be fixed loads, i want to be safe, and osx seems pretty stable and the best choice,

So if someone could take the time out of thier busy day to answer a few of my questions that would be great thanks.

1. Can a mac get viruses
2. can a mac get spyware
3. Can i still use adobe photoshop
4. What can i use for my 3d modeling that will work on mac
5. What can i use to play my videos, will vlc work, are there any other good media playes
6. What about codecs, can i get divx and ones like that
7. What about flash will that work ok
8. What about website editing, dreamweaver
9. can i use flash and fireworks, what other software is there for image manipulation
10. what about encoding movies fast, i use win avi to convert them, 30 mins
11. what about burning software, i use nero to burn the video files
12. what bowt for music downloads, other than itunes, like limewire, free music
13. what about zip files, how do i open them
14. what about torrents, can i still use them
15. what can i use to edit my videos
16. is there anything else anyone could tell me, like just to say, em u should also look at .... its nothing to do with what u asked but its a good app or something like that


know there are loads, thanks guys

 

1. No, Mac's can't. They are based on a Unix core.
2. There have been a few reported cases of spyware that infected the mac, but those have all never been officially confirmed.
3. Adobe PhotoShop was originally intended to be ran on a mac. ALL professional photoshope users photoshop on a mac.
4. There are several applications, look under the creative software section at apple's website.
5. VLC will work for all major video formates. There is quicktime, and windows media player for mac.
6. Yes
7. LOL... Yes. Flash player 10 was actually just released. (There use to be flash player 9) most flash creations are made on a Mac.
8. Aperture.... ADOBE products were originally designed for macs. Go to adobe.com All of their PC software is also available on a Mac and then some!
9. Once again, ADOBE+Mac=Professional/LOVE
10. iSquint
11. Toast 8 or 9.... Disk Utility works great for disk images and iso files.
12. Limewire will run on a mac... LOL
13. he software is built into the OS. I also use Stuffit expander
14. Yes... Limewire Transmission are great
15. LOL... Final Cut Studio, Final Cut express, iMovie, iMovie HD, Adobe Premiere (Macs are the best machines for video editing)
16. If you do all of what your are asking about I am surprised you don't already have a mac.

-Domreis

 

hi there, thanks for the reply, all my questions answered, a mac is the way for me, so for like lockups, like freezing, whats the mac equivelant of crtl + alt + delete

 

Command + Alt/Option + ESC

Or by clicking the apple and going Force Quit

I have never had to use it though!

 

depends on memory..

If you have a gig of ram or better you are fine and will hardly ever have to use the command quit keys however if you have only 512 megs of ram and are trying to run leopard have fun...

 

Thats kind of irrelevant now... Apple doesn't ship a single mac with 512MB of Ram anymore!

 

thanks fort the answers guys, thanks alot, ordering a mac tomorrow when i get my first saas payment

 

Very nicely answered. But definitely Toast and Aperture are a must. I would recommend the Apple Care Protection Plan Extended Warranty.