I don't use the mac for all of my computing tasks. I use Linux's openoffice for spreadsheets and writer or textedit on the mac for word processing. I've et to try the mac port of openoffice - until recently there was a subset of mac apps which were guaranteed slow running on my mac mini, but this has changed since I bought a DVI-to-video adapter (see an earlier thread of mine entitled "Slow Mac Mini" if you're interested in the saga behind that), so a re-retry of OO is in my immediate future. VLC Media Player will handle a few mod file formats, but I don't think it handles video game music files. I know there's a mac port of sidplay for c64 music, and I suppose there are several other audio players which can handle similar formats, hopefully including one which handles many. I don't know if VLC has plugin functionality comparable to that of winamp's.
James On 5/26/09, Arthur Pirika <a...@andrelouis.com> wrote: > > Hi all, a couple of questions, from someone who's seriously thinking of > getting rid of a three-year old toshiba laptop, and entering the world of > mac, finally. I've had a lot of experience already with the platform, thanks > to friends, but now I want to make the switch for myself, but, before i do, > a couple of questions. First, what programs would be good for someone in > college, where mostly word processing, and some spreadsheets are used? I > guess either iwork, or open office is the way to go, here. > Second, I'm a big fan of several different music formats, many covering old > formats like .mod, and game music formats like .nsf, .spc, etc. I know many > people favour just itunes and quicktime, but I guess what I'm after is a > multi-format player like winamp on the mac. Any suggestions for good, > accessible players? Also, on the othre side, what's a good way to compose > music on the mac? looking forward to hering from you, and making the switch, > finally. > > thanks, > Arthur. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
