Editorial Review

Built for and by Mac users, QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac provides standard accounting and business tools for organizing finances with ease. Save time completing routing tasks, payroll, and paperwork so you can spend more time on your business. With QuickBooks Pro 2007 for Mac, it's now easier for you and your client to share QuickBooks data. They can send you a Mac file, and you can send it back from your QuickBooks for Windows edition. And, redesigned as a Universal application, QuickBooks unleashes the power of both Intel- and Power PC-based Macs to deliver optimal performance.Read more

Features

• Print checks, pay bills, track sales and expenses, and create estimates, invoices, purchase orders, and reports
• Includes payroll tools and tools for employee timesheets
• Track inventory and set reorder points, download imported bank and credit-card transactions
• Easily transfer data to Excel, synchronize with OS X Address Book and Outlook
• Backup to .Mac and add reminders to iCal, import Quicken files to QuickBooks for Mac

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Great app getting even better
Intuit is really adding some helpful features in this version for Mac. Nearly every form is customizable with a built in design tool. The tutorials are very acute. The printing of deposit slips is very helpful and saves time.
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Simply put, .Mac is your life on the Internet. With the latest version of .Mac you can effortlessly publish your websites, backup your important data, share files with distant friends and colleagues, sync your personal information across all your computers, check your mail wherever you roam, and much, much more. Whether it's for you, your club, or any organization, .Mac provides a vital set of tools that make life online a breeze.Read more

Features

• DVD-ROM
• .Mac is the easiest way to share what you create with iLife, communicate with friends and family, and back up your photos, music, and files.

Reviews (15)

Good, cheap, and easy
If you don't mind spending $7 a month for very simple solution to certain problems, .Mac is the way to go. Yes there are free options that do the same, there are cheaper options that do the same, but you know what, if you are like me and don't have the time to search and decide and weigh features to save yourself a crummy $2-$7 an month, many easy to use (and therefore quick to use and learn) features are there. I can post pictures on the internet in 3 clicks from attaching the camera! This service simplifies several areas of my life, keeps me from having to carry a PDA, learning how to make websites, and lets me make good enough ones in a minute or two for various functions. I would complain that if you need to store and move large files back and forth from .Mac that it's not very fast, but it works just fine. I have never had a problem with my mail going down or other service interuptions.
WARNING!
I am a die-hard Apple fan - I love their products but I have to say that .Mac is about as bad as it gets. For 79 dollars a year you get 512mb which is nothing. I've had the service for about 6 months and only backing up my personal settings the thing is full. And as others have said this is SOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOW it's pathetic. I have cable internet and it is slow - I can't even imagine how bad it is for people with DSL or Dialup. I am cleaning out my iDisk as I write this review in order to make room for more- it has been at least 10 minutes trying to delete older backups to make room for newer ones.
The Ability to be Global & Untethered
I have been on a 3-week road trip and able to take care of all my business thanks to the idisk feature of .mac which allows me to store all my document templates on an interent hard-drive site.This has made it possible for me to NOT lug around a laptop all over the world, but rather to create invoices and work orders by accessing my pre-prepared documents from any internet cafe or business center I stumbled across.FREEDOM!!!!! ... Read more

Editorial Review

When Apple introduced its first generation of Intel-powered Macs, the "Are you a Mac or aPC person" question suddenly became moot. With the new Intel Mac machines, you can have the best of both Macintosh and PC worlds. Unfortunately, switching between operating systems on the new Intel Macs can be a time-consuming process. You must completely shut down OS X and endure a full start-up cycle in order to run Windows. That's where Parallels Desktop for Mac comes in. With Parallels Desktop, you can run Windows applications along with your Macintosh programs -- right on your Mac, side-by-side -- so you never have to suffer through frustrating shut-downs and re-boots just to run a program you want.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Run important applications available only for Windows
• Software for running Windows alongside Mac OS X; no need to reboot
• Run Windows and other operating systems on the Mac simultaneously
• Share files between Windows and Mac OS X with a shared folder
• Set up with a simple wizard-driven interlace that even automates network settings

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so much faster than Virtual PC
As a long-time Apple/Mac user whose office is PC based, I used Virtual PC for years. It saved me the cost of having to buy a Windows PC, but was sometimes agonizingly slow. Parallels on my MacBook runs refreshingly fast. It was fairly easy to install. The only problem with Parallels is that you need to buy a copy of the operating system and install it on Parallels. In my case I bought and installed XP Pro. I had some minor issues when trying to run a wireless app (SlingPlayer), but solved these fairly quickly. All other applications (all business) have installed and run with no problems.

Simple to Use, Value for the Money, Stable
I am not going to repeat all the great things about this product, but I am going to clear up some confusion for the rest of us.Unlike what the other recommender wrote, I had no problems with my Dell Photo 720 USB Printer (maybe s/he forgot to "connect" the printer).In the world of Parallels Desktop for Mac, all devices, e.g. iSight, USB ports, disc drives..., could be connected to either Mac OS X or Windows, but not simulateously.Therefore, his/her USB printer was probably "connected" to Mac OS X but not to Windows.
This is still in Beta
They have no business using you as their venture capitalist and making you pay to be a beta tester. It's chocky full of bugs. i.e. You can't use a USB printer in Windows XP., many more known bugs ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Create Unique Businesses
• Turn Talents into Cash: Go from tinkerer to master, making toys, flower arrangements, or zany robots.
• Learn the Tricks of the Trade: Train employees, promote the best, and fire the rest!
• More than 125 New Items

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Features

• DVD-ROM
• Lifestyle simulation where you manage your Sim's dreams and fears over a lifetime
• Mix Sim genes and see physical and personality traits through the generations
• Control the camera and capture the action into mini movies
• Generate unique Sims with the new Create-A-Sim feature
• Build dream homes and design neighborhoods with new building options

Reviews (80)

Excelent! for a while...
I had The Sims 1 for a long time before I got this game, and I was looking forward to its release in Mac. I wasn't disappointed. This is a really fun game, with alot of new features. Unfortunately, like the old one, I became easily tired with it. The Sims 2 gets pretty repetative. It is still worth it, because if you get a new expansion pack every once in a while it makes it really fun again.
Slow on 1.5GHz w/ 1.25GbRam
I've got a 12'' PowerPC PowerBook with 1.5GHz cpu, 1.25Gb of ram, and 64mb graphic card. And the game is very choppy and laggy. This definitely detracts a lot from the game play.
Runs better on Mac
If you have a Mac, this game is worth getting.It has cool videos to go with special scenes which is a neat new feature.I find that it runs better on the Mac but that may be because I didn't have a very good PC.I've always been in to playing the Sims so if you like the Sims this is a good buy. ... Read more

Editorial Review

iLife '06 is the easiest way to make the most out of every bit of your digital life. Use your Mac to collect, organize and edit the various elements. Transform them into mouth-watering masterpieces with Apple-designed templates. Then share the magic moments in beautiful books, colorful calendars, dazzling DVDs, perfect podcasts, and attractive online journals. All starring you.Read more

Features

• DVD-ROM
• iPhoto 6 with blazing performance and new Photocasting
• iMovie HD 6 with new movie themes for adding spectacular motion graphics to movies
• iDVD 6 for authoring custom DVDs for today’s widescreen TVs
• iWeb, an innovative new application that makes it easy to create amazing websites
• Mac OS X v10.4.4 or later is required for iPhoto Photocasts and iMovie HD themes.

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WARNING!!!DO NOT BUY
As aDigital Photographer and a MAC user, I found iPhoto crashes when you try to IMPORT any DIGITAL (only)l pictures from Adobe Photosop CS & Adobe Elemebts 2. I can downlaod my pictures to iPhoto from my Digital camera (D70), export them to my pictures folder, adjust the pictures using either above mentioned software, but cannot Import any of them. Go to MacRumors, you'll see that you're not alone.Hey APPLE?? When are you going to fix this????

iPhoto 6
I purchased iLife specifically for iPhoto 6. I haven't looked at the other programs on this DVD. I find iPhoto 6 to be very helpful in downloading, managing, and editing digital photos

Notfor PMG3
Might be a good product but I'll never know.
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Features

• CD-ROM
• Guide Mia in her quest to find the parts for the time machine, and collect sparklies to use as fuel
• Explore a rich and captivating new world, with film-quality animation -- but watch out for Romaine Rat, he's always up to no good
• Teaches addition, subtraction, multiplication & division; geometry; logic; angles and lines, mental computation & other skills
• Age-appropriate difficulty levels that match national education curriculum

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Wonderful computer animation and fun story
Kids don't usually learn much science (in public school anyway) and this computer game REALLY helps to fill that void. It is educational, VERY attractively designed, interesting, and my [...] daughter really enjoys it! It's not too hard either.

A good blend of storytelling and fun
We got "Math Blaster" for our six-year-old, who has been a very savvy computer user since he was 18 months old.It was so difficult to maneuver the character (jump over wrong answers, run through correct ones) he actually cried over it.
My 5 year old adores this game!
My 5 year old son love the Mia character and the stories. He loves the math(which does involve time), too! Even though the age group for this game is 6-10, he had no problems on Level 1. He only needed a little help with the time telling. As for the people that say this isn't educational enough I would say that it's not boring! My son has played the game over and over and never tires of Mia! ... Read more

Editorial Review

Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0 software combines innovation and simplicity to help you work with and enhance your digital photos with some of the industry's most powerful tools. With Elements 4.0, you can fix common flaws instantly, or show off your creativity in a wide variety of entertaining ways by using your photos to create cards, calendars, and much more.Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Make your photos look their best by fixing common flaws with a click and editing with less fuss, perfecting your photos with advanced options, and have fun with artistic special effects.
• Show off your creativity and share your photos in entertaining and creative ways.
• Easily find and view your photos and keep your photos at your fingertips with powerful search options.
• Enjoy nondestructive photo processing and fine-tune exposure and lighting by working directly with the raw image files from your digital camera.
• Do it all with one product and edit, enhance, and show your digital photos with one powerful yet easy to use product.

Reviews (4)

Nice results but lousy user experience
I'm always reluctant to upgrade any Adobe products and the upgrades from Elements 2 to 3 to 4 have been no different.I upgraded to 4 simply because 3 would not run when we switched to Tiger on our Quicksilver.3 would run fine on two Powerbooks with the same flavor of Tiger, but not on the Quicksilver (???).
Great product
It takes a little time and effort to learn but is well worth it.

Slow and clumsy
I bought the elements ready to take on my photo library and have fun editing.Unfortunately, after photoshop successfully and easily organized my photos, the rest was downhill.If you're in the market for a photo organizer, this is a great product, but if you want to edit photos in ANY way, don't get your hopes up.It is exhaustingly clumsy!It's editing functions are not user friendly, are slow, and it even freezes regularly while editing.I give this 2 stars for it's organizing capabilities and 0 stars for it's editing capabilities.I'll probably try a few other products or keep this one for organizing and use another for editing until someone gets it right. ... Read more

Features

• CD-ROM
• Drag and drop photos from iPhoto to create slideshows more easily than ever
• Add your own menus, buttons and chapters for viewing on a home DVD player
• Use Hollywood-style effects like pan and Zoom & cross fades for stunning home films
• Spin Doctor 2 helps users digitize vinyl records and tapes, to transfer them to CD at perfect quality
• Convert DivX to DVD and create DivX discs

Reviews (30)

Caveat:can't backup copy-protected dvds.
And apparently most (if not all) DVDs of interest (such as videos) are copy-protected.
Decent product, but poor customer service
I bought my copy of Toast 7 late last year. Before using it for the first time, I registered the thing and downloaded the 7.0.2 update. I then set about using the DVD music disc feature to make a disc of Xmas music.
Satisfied
This product was purchased for a specific purpose, based on previous experience, and it has performed properly, as expected. ... Read more

Features

• DVD-Video
• Rule throughout time in this exciting strategy game
• Implement new technologies, conduct diplomacy, or wage war
• Become the most powerful leader the world has ever known
• Detailed, vibrant, 3-D living world; RTS-style, intuitive interface
• Multiplayer gameplay supported

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Outrageous system requirements
What else can one say.My PowerBook is barely a year old and this game drags it to a complete halt.Very sad.

Wow...I mean, "WOW"
OK, turn based strategy games are not for everyone, so if you've played them and don't like them, move on.If not, then keep reading.
Hold Out with Civ3 Complete Instead
In late 2002, I took a second job at a major electronics retailer and decided to use my employee discount on what looked like a cool game: Civilization III.That game changed my life... in the gaming sense.It was everything I ever thought a computer game should be: turn-based strategy with multiple avenues to test my ego and self-promoted genius.Above all features of Civ3, however, my most favorite was the customization of the game through the map editor and the wonderful online resources of the Civ community.(I've downloaded more Civ3 files than MP3s.)This allowed me to express my self-proclaimed genius with new rules, technologies, and units (and all the accompanying chronologies and requisites) at my discretion.Nothing could get any better, I had thought.
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Editorial Review

If you're a Mac user, Quicken 2007 for Mac is exactly what you want to manage all of your finances. With Quicken for Mac, you can track, save and invest with the ultimate personal financial management software created for the Macintosh platform. Quicken for Mac now delivers all the most important features and benefits of Quicken Deluxe 2007 for Windows -- along with exciting Mac exclusives that leverage the full power of the Macintosh operating system.