Depends as usual

Access - what about access do you rely on? If its just email then Mail.app is really pretty decent and the spam filter is fairly smart. I use it and it understands multiple mail sources just fine. IMAP and POP3 at least.

SPSS - I have no idea - what do you use it for? Just reports? There are some good reporting tools. DB exploration - I use sqlgrinder - it just lets you browse tables though.

EndNote - seems to be ported so you're golden.

Word - its there but I think Word on all platforms sucks. It depends on your demands. To tell you the truth, I get by using TextEdit (Basic styled text editor/wp that stores docs in rtf). Appleworks isn't bad either. I use it for spreadsheets but hardly ever do wp in it.

Corel Draw/Photo-Paint - lots of alternatives. For charting - I use OmniGraffle and it is really good (think visio but with good coloring effects - many image output formats, and a decent UI). For general painting on the pixel level Appleworks has the stuff I need.

Epson printer - lots of Epson drivers available.
Don't know about the others.

Post #65,378 by tuberculosis 11/27/02 6:53:22 AM Reply	Depends as usual Access - what about access do you rely on? If its just email then Mail.app is really pretty decent and the spam filter is fairly smart. I use it and it understands multiple mail sources just fine. IMAP and POP3 at least. SPSS - I have no idea - what do you use it for? Just reports? There are some good reporting tools. DB exploration - I use sqlgrinder - it just lets you browse tables though. EndNote - seems to be ported so you're golden. Word - its there but I think Word on all platforms sucks. It depends on your demands. To tell you the truth, I get by using TextEdit (Basic styled text editor/wp that stores docs in rtf). Appleworks isn't bad either. I use it for spreadsheets but hardly ever do wp in it. Corel Draw/Photo-Paint - lots of alternatives. For charting - I use OmniGraffle and it is really good (think visio but with good coloring effects - many image output formats, and a decent UI). For general painting on the pixel level Appleworks has the stuff I need. Epson printer - lots of Epson drivers available. Don't know about the others. I am out of the country for the duration of the Bush administration. Please leave a message and I'll get back to you when democracy returns.
Post #65,421 by tjsinclair 11/27/02 10:32:45 AM Reply	Update on scanner software I got my Umax Astra 1220S working just fine under OS X using Vuescan. I really like this software. It's only forty bucks from Hamrick software ([link\|http://www.hamrick.com\|http://www.hamrick.com]) and comes in OS X, Linux and Windows flavors. It supports a really wide variety of scanners, old and new. Check out their home page to see if your scanner is included. Tom Sinclair "Everybody is someone else's weirdo." - E. Dijkstra
Post #65,423 by Another Scott 11/27/02 10:38:34 AM Reply	Neat. Thanks for the pointer!

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