[Ham-Mac] Power Mac G5 and OS 10.3 (Panther)

[Michael Carter]

Hello Joe.

You came to the right place to ask questions like these!

As indicated by my fellow MacHams, there are some very good programs=20
available for the Mac on the Amateur Radio frontier.

As far as general software goes, Panther (Mac OS 10.3) includes a basic=20=

suite of software that will easily handle your Internet requirements=20
(browsing, email, dialup/broadband, etc), as well as interface with=20
your current PC (Macs "speak" Windows networking). Setup is easy, as is=20=

maintenance.

For finances I suggest Quicken, which is widely used on the PC platform.

The full Microsoft Office suite is available for Mac (sans Visio, which=20=

i hope they port over although there are other Visio-like apps out=20
there). So, you can share documents created on PCs using this most=20
popular suite of applications. Mac's TextEdit, which is included in the=20=

Panther distribution, can open Microsoft Word documents natively,=20
meaning you don't have to buy Office to view Word docs.

Apple maintains a software downloads page (at=20
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx) where developers (like many here=20=

in this forum) can publish free or almost-free software for the Mac.=20
There are many categories shown, and it'll give you an idea of the=20
support that is out there for the Mac platform. There is, of course, an=20=

ever-growing amount of commercial applications available as well.

If you have any other questions about the Mac platform or OS X, feel=20
free to ask them here on this list. We're a friendly bunch.

I would suggest you stop by your local Apple Store, or any of the other=20=

businesses that carry Macs (CompUSA, Fry's, etc) and check out the G5=20
to see what it's all about. It'll give you an idea firsthand what using=20=

a Mac is all about.

Regards,
Mike Carter - K6MEC
Apple Computer

On Apr 28, 2004, at 6:54 AM, Joe Young wrote:

> Hello, I am a PC user and I don't have a Mac at this time. Recently I=20=

> saw a very impressive ad
> in a PC magazine about the Power Mac G5 and OS 10.3 (Panther). I know=20=

> nothing at all about
> Apple computers so my questions may seem rudimentary:
>
> What software is recommended for Logging and/or Contesting for the=20
> Power Mac G5 and OS 10.3 (Panther)?
> Can logs from Windows software be imported to the recommended =
programs?
>
> Can I use a satellite ISP?
>
> How about general use software that would replace Windows E-mail, Net=20=

> Surfing, Finances, etc. ?
> Any other suggestions for someone starting from nothing will be=20
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks for reading and 73 de Joe, W6RLL.
>
>
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