Things I miss from PC
Posted by Mr. IT Guy | Filed under Mac OSX, Microsoft
It has been four months since I have moved from my Windows lifestyle to OSX. It was not easy at first, but I finally prefers to do everything on my Mac than on PC. However, there are still a couple of things that I miss from my PC, so I have Parallels Desktop for the following applications:
- Microsoft Outlook
There are no equivalent of Microsoft Outlook in Mac. Entourage is no where near Outlook (no PST support). I have a long rules and a lot of PST that I have created for my PC and it’d be a pain to recreate everything from scratch. - Pocket PC Support
I have a pocket PC phone that I sync almost daily for schedule and contacts. Using the pocket PC with Mac actually requires 3rd party software (Missing Sync by Mark/Space). This also enforces my dependency on Microsoft Outlook as my main mail client. - Microsoft Money
I have been an avid Money user. I have imported all my accounts from years back. I haven’t had really the option to hunt for an equivalent software in Mac. - Windows Media Player
Avid Mac user would prefer Quicktime player; Linux users would prefer VLC or MPlayer. I had always been a Windows desktop user, so I like WMP. Most Anime are released on codecs that work very well with WMP and CCCP (Combined Community Codec Pack). I have tried VLC and MPlayer on Mac, but they tend to crash from time to time. - Internet Explorer
I uses Firefox a lot, even when I’m on PC. Then why do I need IE? My main usage of IE is for Microsoft CRM (for work) and Outlook Web Access.