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Easiest way to follow blogs on my MacBook (New question about Office! Post #7)

EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles.Portland, ORRegistered User regular
edited August 2010 in Help / Advice Forum
So, I've got some blogs I'd like to easily follow. Is there some piece of software that'll maybe sit on my taskbar and let me know when certain blogs have updated? I'm sure there's some technical term for this that eludes me.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    If the blogs use RSS feeds (a lot of them do), you can use:
    http://email.about.com/od/rssreadersmac/tp/top_rss_mac.htm

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    bowen wrote: »
    If the blogs use RSS feeds (a lot of them do), you can use:
    http://email.about.com/od/rssreadersmac/tp/top_rss_mac.htm

    Newsfire is perfect! Thanks!

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  • KlorgnumKlorgnum Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    You could also try Google Reader. It's web-based so it'll run on any browser, and you can access your feeds from any computer.

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  • BoomShakeBoomShake The Engineer Columbia, MDRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    The only problem I had with NewsFire is that it does not sync to Google Reader or anything. Not being able to have all of my RSS feeds accessible and in sync wherever I am is a pretty big drawback.

    NetNewsWire does syncing. It's not the prettiest thing, but I used it for a long time.

    Recently, I've switched completely to Google Reader, using the "Google Reader Notifier" extension for Chrome to keep me informed on when anything updates. Works like a charm.

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  • SixSix Caches Tweets in the mainframe cyberhex Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I use netnewswire. Syncs with google reader, so if I'm not on my mac I can still just use the web client.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    New Question

    So I need to pick up a copy of Mac Office. Yes, I know about NeoOffice. No, I want Microsoft Office.

    I see two deals...

    First, this one for a cheap copy of Office for Mac 2008 Business Edition.

    Secondly, I could get this Home and Student edition which comes with a free upgrade to Office 2011 when it comes out.

    What're the differences between the two editions? I'm leaning towards the Student/Home because of the free upgrade. Thoughts?

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  • BoomShakeBoomShake The Engineer Columbia, MDRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2008_for_Mac#Editions
    Home and Student Edition (without Exchange Server support which was available in the 2004 version or Automator Actions - a stopgap for VBA)
    Standard Edition (adds Exchange Server support and Automator Actions)
    Special Media Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions and Expression Media)
    Business Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions, Office Live Workspace and SharePoint support, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Live Meeting)

    I'd definitely say go with the Student/Home one with upgrade.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited August 2010
    BoomShake wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2008_for_Mac#Editions
    Home and Student Edition (without Exchange Server support which was available in the 2004 version or Automator Actions - a stopgap for VBA)
    Standard Edition (adds Exchange Server support and Automator Actions)
    Special Media Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions and Expression Media)
    Business Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions, Office Live Workspace and SharePoint support, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Live Meeting)

    I'd definitely say go with the Student/Home one with upgrade.

    I thought maybe Student was crippled somehow or something, but it just looks like Business has a bunch of features I have no need for.

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    I don't know what your reasons for wanting MS Office over NeoOffice are, but you should seriously consider iWork. Keynote kicks PowerPoint's ass in just about every way, as does Pages over Word. Numbers is a fine spreadsheet program as long as you're not an Excel power user.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    If you ever have a chance to get MS programs with a student discount, do it.

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator, Administrator admin
    edited August 2010
    Klorgnum wrote: »
    You could also try Google Reader. It's web-based so it'll run on any browser, and you can access your feeds from any computer.

    ...and you can use Fluid to get Reader (and Gmail, etc) as a stand-alone icon for your Dock.

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  • Evil_ReaverEvil_Reaver Registered User regular
    edited August 2010
    Esh wrote: »
    BoomShake wrote: »
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Office_2008_for_Mac#Editions
    Home and Student Edition (without Exchange Server support which was available in the 2004 version or Automator Actions - a stopgap for VBA)
    Standard Edition (adds Exchange Server support and Automator Actions)
    Special Media Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions and Expression Media)
    Business Edition (adds Exchange Server support, Automator Actions, Office Live Workspace and SharePoint support, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Office Live Meeting)

    I'd definitely say go with the Student/Home one with upgrade.

    I thought maybe Student was crippled somehow or something, but it just looks like Business has a bunch of features I have no need for.

    It's not crippled; you just don't get all the advanced business crap that you'll never use.

    The 2008 student edition has Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Entourage (crappy Outlook). I believe the 2010 edition replaces Entourage with an actual Outlook port. Also, I think the 2010 version is actually coded correctly for Intel macs.

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