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Apple Aperture 1.5 MA715Z/A Full Version

$181.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bhphotovideo.com
as long as you have faster mac and several 30" monitors, the application works great.
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when i purchased my macbook pro i had no intention of switching to aperture, but downloaded it and tried it out of curiosity.
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it runs like lightning, especially on the intel macs.
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i would recommend trying the trial version if there is any doubt about the speed of your mac.
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this is a must have package if you do digital photo post processing on the macintosh.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy To Use, Great Quality, Full Version

2 RECOMMENDED by 10 people for MAC

Apple Logic Studio

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i have it running nicely on a macbook pro 17" running leopard 10.5.1.
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if you're considering the upgrade to intel macs - this program is such a steal that it might be worth it.
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i run ls on my macbook 2.4ghz, 4gb, leopard 10.5.5 and it runs smoothly without any issues.
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with the combination of logic and the stability of mac you will have more time to create and will be spending less time reading tutorials and searching for functions.
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simply put if you use a mac and want to record or mix audio then you have got a complete solution in one box.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy Installation, Great Quality

3 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for MAC

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Premium Edition Full Version

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Design Premium Edition Full Version for PC

$547.00 Est. at Amazon

from www.bestbuy.com
i was going to transfer my cs2 from pc to mac but after seeing the vast improvements with acr (adobe raw converter) and bridge, i was convinced to just keep my cs2 for pc and buy cs3 for my mac.
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that being said, i'm very happy with cs3: it runs quickly on my intel macintosh (no lag, as someone else has pointed out), has all the features i could want, and is robust enough that i'm always
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the trial version of cs3 (with intentions of transitioning my cs2 licence from pc to mac) but the new acr and bridge are so much better, i decided to buy it and keep my cs2 version for my backup pc.
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after years of struggling with various versions of photoshop on a pc, i finally got to experience photoshop on a mac (just an intel mac mini, nothing terribly high end).
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recommend for anyone from novice to pro.photoshop cs3 for windows and macintosh (visual quickstart guide)

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Positives: Has Many Features, Great Performance, Easy To Use, Full Version

4 RECOMMENDED by 4 people for MAC

Sony ACID Pro 8

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also, the software seems to be relatively light since it runs without any problems on my old machine: p4 3ghz, 1 gb of ram, xp sp3.
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we use final cut pro on the mac and vegas pro on a windows vista laptop and have been very happy.
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one thing vegas does well is adapt to lesser machines.
from Chris, www.newegg.com
pros: we bought this for an hd video editing workstation, cause we couldn't afford a brand new mac with final cut studio.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy To Use, Inexpensive

5 RECOMMENDED by 19 people for MAC

MICROSOFT- XBOX/ZUNE HPA-00010

$240.00 Est. at Amazon

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it has something for everyone, its precise, and its fun going to your album list and swiping it down to see what you are going to land on (think like a slot machine :d).
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sure, i'm a long-time mac user, but with the failure of the fifth ipod, it was time to look elsewhere.
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highly recommend this device, and the best part of it is you don't need to saddle your machine with itunes!
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i actually use it with mac os x 10.5 through parallels and it works like a charm, even with 8,000 songs + videos to sync up.
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no drm hassles from using it on different machines, unlike ipod.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Has Many Features, Good Quality, Interface: USB

Vegas Movie Studio + DVD Platinum Edition

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it can produce better hd output from my sony hdr-hc7 for viewing on a pc (or mac).
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it's possible, however, that you need to have a very fast machine.
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i had version 7 and loved it but then bought a quad core vista machine and 7 would not run properly so i upgraded to version 8.
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ran beautifully on an old laptop with a 64 meg video card, 1 gig ram and 1.7 gig processor, also runs on my newer xp machine.
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i'm a prepurchase research junkie and wanted to get editing software to go with my first video camera, a canon hv20 hi def tape based machine.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Has Many Features, Nice Performance

Freeverse Software Comic Life Deluxe Full Version

$29.00 Est. at Amazon

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it has the same look and feel of the interface used in most native mac applications that use an integrated system allowing you to work with your iphoto albums.
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what it does is offer a layout program with a very "mac-like" drag-and-drop interface that allows anyone to assemble photo stories from their collection of digital images.
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i have used this software on a mac for several years but i understand it is now available for windows users as well.
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this is especially great for mac users who don't get much decent products besides final cut pro.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Has Many Features, Excellent Quality, Full Version,Full Version

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium Upgrade Version

$489.00 Est. at Amazon

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i upgraded to adobe cs3 web premium from macromedia studio mx recently.
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i have mx 2004 on my machine and purchased the web premium upgrade.
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i recently upgraded to cs3 web premium on a winxp machine with studio mx 2004 installed and separate photoshop cs2 and illustrator cs2 installations.
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the full macromedia suite plus the adobe tools.
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i waited almost a year for an intel-native mac build of creative suite.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy Installation, Excellent Quality, Upgrade Version

Adobe Photoshop CS3 10 Full Version

$386.00 Est. at Amazon

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it runs faster than cs2 on same machines - even including older g4/g5 macs.
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we bought it to put it on 2 new machines.
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recommend for anyone from novice to pro.photoshop cs3 for windows and macintosh (visual quickstart guide)
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i am not your typical photoshop user; i do a lot of macro creation and some programming because i will often work on thousands of images for a single study.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Has Many Features, Inexpensive, Full Version

Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Full Version

$125.00 Est. at Amazon

from cgman, www.shopping.com
pros: fun and easy to use, create dvd's on single or dual layer discs cons: macrovision copy protection only works with dlt.

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Positives: Easy Installation, Has Many Features, Easy To Use, Full Version

Costar DYMO DiscPainter

$310.00 Est. at Amazon

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i have a mac and it works wonderfully with it and the quality is awesome.
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i did have some problems getting it to work with my mac.
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i use it with my mac to print dvds, and it's been great so far, printed a bunch.
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what a pleasure this machine is, and i couldn't ask for better quality; not for this price.
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the only machine that was available is a multi disc duplicator that would burn and print on disc all the same time.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Form Factor: Desktop

Novatel Print Explosion Deluxe 3.0 Full Version

$48.00 Est. at Amazon

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i use it quite often with my mac.
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despite others reporting that it is not leopard compatible, we have not experienced any problems at all with running print explosion deluxe 3.0 on mac os x leopard.
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i bought this program because it was the best mac os x progam out there for digital scrapping that i could find.
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when i bought my intel based imac, i found my favorite print program did not work on it, so i went shopping and found that it came in an acclerated version for intel based mac, so i jumped at it.
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since moving over to the mac environment, i needed a software package with the same power as print premier for windows.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy To Use, Full Version, Platform: Mac

Aspyr SIMS 2 PETS MAC 10.1 OR LATER

$31.00 Est. at Amazon

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there are sites online where you can download new objects, but i have had a lot of difficulty getting most of them to install into the game on my mac.
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i own the pc sims 2 pets, and mac is exactly the same.
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sims 2 pets is an endearing expansion for the sims franchise, but mac users beware: although aspyr has released a patch for the windows platform to fix the game's many bugs, there is currently
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i have brand new mac with tons of space.

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Positives: Great Quality, Has Many Features, Nice Performance, Platform: Mac, Sun

Feral House Mac MOVIES

$43.00 Est. at Amazon

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we've been waiting for a year for the mac version of this game to come out-it's great!
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but the mac version i cannot get it to work.
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i've got a mac: dual-2gh g5 tower with 2.5gb of ram, and i was still running into slow reaction times.
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and if the pc version was passable in this regard, the mac version truly shines.
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i'm currently on a mac, so there are a few things that don't work as well or as smoothly as on pc.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Has Many Features, Good Performance, Platform: Mac

Sony Sound Forge 9 Full Version

$108.00 Est. at Amazon

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i got a real person when i called customer support with a minor issue (not an answering machine like i got with cakewalk).
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also recommended steinberg cubase essential 4 - personal music production - windows macintosh, ableton live 7 le - windows and macintosh, focusrite saffire le 6 in/8 out version 2 firewire audio

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Positives: Has Many Features, Good Quality, Great Performance, Full Version,Full Version

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade Version

$149.00 Est. at Amazon

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it takes about 5 or 10 seconds to load on my machine when there are about 40 photos in the folder i am opening.
from www.newegg.com
installed fine using 5.5 discs on two different machines.
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photoshop is one of those programs that works about as well on pcs as macs.
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the system of validation of license through internet for the physical machine is fine, i just hope that i will not have a disk crash and then waste time to be authorised to re-install a product that
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if this type of slowness and poorly written software is what adobe has in mind for macromedia programs - i'm worried.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Inexpensive, Easy To Use, Upgrade Version

Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 Full Version

$61.00 Est. at Amazon

from DanJ from Richmond, VA, www.circuitcity.com
i am a first timer, and it works well for me on a vista machine.
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it's the stupid people at adobe not looking out for us non-professionals who want to make a professional video without the software crashing; and saying it's our fault (like not buying a dumb mac).
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i would recommend maxing out your machines...well, everything, if it's cost effective.
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if people have performance problems, i'd suspect the hardware, machine setup.
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only the newest machines have these.

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Positives: Easy To Use, Inexpensive, Great Quality, Full Version

Corel Painter IX Full Version

$199.00 Est. at Amazon

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if you truly want reputable reviews, check out pc magazine or macaddict (among others).
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many graphics software packages have these (adobe photoshop, macromedia fireworks) but these allow you to create web graphics with a handpainted or handdrawn look.
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pros: natural media simulation, vast variety of techniques, easy cloning, mac & pc
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slow too, on my powerful mac.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Excellent Quality, Easy To Use, Full Version

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 9 Full Version

$318.00 Est. at Amazon

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have used this in an older version and in mac format.
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since adobe bought macromedia, dw works best with their products.
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adobe dreamweaver cs3 should be called "macromedia dreamweaver 8.5 ajax." the new cs3 interface is not part of dreamweaver, and it seems nothing at all was done to fix the existing problems or
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this software is *slower* and *buggier* (if possible) than macromedia studio 8.

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Positives: Has Many Features, Easy To Use, Easy Installation, Full Version

Neat Receipts 00346 Scanner

$235.00 Est. at Amazon

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(i'm using it on an xp machine) it is easy to take only a mini-moment to present your document evenly along the in feed roller to get accurate results every time.
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my review is for the mac version.
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i use this primarily in windows (both work laptop and on my mac via parallels) but have also played around with the mac version of the software.
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but when i try to do this on my machine, it takes several minutes for each reciept/scan/document.

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Positives: Inexpensive, Easy To Use, Platform: PC, Form Factor: Portable

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Best Design and Multimedia Software for Mac

Apple Aperture 1.5 MA715Z/A Full Version

Apple Logic Studio

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Premium Edition Full Version

Sony ACID Pro 8

MICROSOFT- XBOX/ZUNE HPA-00010

Vegas Movie Studio + DVD Platinum Edition

Freeverse Software Comic Life Deluxe Full Version

Adobe Creative Suite 3 Web Premium Upgrade Version

Adobe Photoshop CS3 10 Full Version

Ulead DVD Workshop 2 Full Version

Costar DYMO DiscPainter

Novatel Print Explosion Deluxe 3.0 Full Version

Aspyr SIMS 2 PETS MAC 10.1 OR LATER

Feral House Mac MOVIES

Sony Sound Forge 9 Full Version

Adobe Photoshop CS2 Upgrade Version

Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0 Full Version

Corel Painter IX Full Version

Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 9 Full Version

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