Comments on: What Apps Did You Buy This Year?

By: What Apps Did I Buy in 2006 | Isaak’s World

What Apps Did I Buy in 2006 | Isaak’s World — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 08:55:49 +0000

[...] It started with this post on Lifehacker and it has make quite a number of other bloggers put up their own posts on what apps they bought in the past year and what they plan to buy in 2007. So, I decided that I should join in the fun and list down some of the apps I bought this year. [...]

By: Josh

Josh — Mon, 01 Jan 2007 12:51:36 +0000

If anybody else has any suggestions for GTD apps for Mac, then I’d really like to hear them. Just leave a comment here

By: Smaran

Smaran — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:36:30 +0000

Cool. Thanks for the link.

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:31:59 +0000

I have found Actiontastic so far, but this is beta and it may become paid-for in the middle of January. The Omni Group say they are coming out with a GTD app as well

By: Smaran

Smaran — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 11:52:52 +0000

Josh, could you list some of those free GTD options?

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:55:18 +0000

Just had to buy Omnioutliner Pro 3 for Kinkless GTD, although I’m thinking their are better options out theree (free) to help me start ‘Getting Things Done’

By: the8thsign » Year End: What software did you buy this year?

the8thsign » Year End: What software did you buy this year? — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:14:04 +0000

[...] Lifehacker has a nice post of software that there readers have bought this year and has turned into somewhat of a Meme with Marcus Vorwaller, Paul Stamatiou, Glenn Wolseyand, and Ronald Heft, Jr all jumping in too. Since this was my first year with a Mac, I thought it was a great idea to post mine. I think I bought more software for my Macbook this year than I’ve ever bought for the PC combined. [...]

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 09:10:41 +0000

@ Mackie.

Yes, I pretty much have to. Pages will remain my main text editor, but having Office is a must for the work I do.

@ Stephen.

Wow! You bought a lot of software. How many apps in your application folder?

By: Ed

Ed — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 06:59:57 +0000

Macwise, I bought Photoshop CS 2 (stand alone) and Comic Life. Next year I’ll upgrade to CS 3, grab InDesign buy iWork and Office 07 in one big splurge before I become a poor uni student in 2008.

By: 2006 Apps round-up at Janice Lo

2006 Apps round-up at Janice Lo — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 00:40:06 +0000

[...] Glenn Wolsey’s post on Apps that he’s bought this year has “inspired” me to write one of mine: [...]

By: Mackie

Mackie — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:59:41 +0000

Are you seriously considering paying for a Microsoft product? Apple’s Pages does many of the things an average Word user needs, it’s Word-compatible, and much more affordable. What’s more, it’s already Universal.

By: Smaran

Smaran — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:41:24 +0000

But then, Josh, you’re probably not the “average Mac user” either.

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:36:08 +0000

I agree with you Smaran, which is why it makes it easier to trash apps like Xtorrent, which I’m going to eventually pay for, and keep apps like Transmission

By: Smaran

Smaran — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:32:44 +0000

Also, keep in mind that I’m not the average Mac user. I am an open source software enthusiast and I try to replace most shareware/commercial apps with open source ones, when I can. Some apps like Transmit and Mail are just way better than their open source counterparts, but apps like Safari and iChat are easily replaced with Firefox and Adium.

The point I’m trying to make is that the average Mac user (one with plenty of cash) would choose Xtorrent over Transmission any day. Purely because they can ask for support, and because it saves them the trouble of actually going to torrent sites.

By: Smaran

Smaran — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:27:30 +0000

I don’t agree with you, Michael.

What sets Xtorrent apart from Transmission is its interface and built-in search feature.

Personally, I prefer Transmission, but I don’t think Xtorrent is a waste of money. It really is a well-built and beautiful app.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:20:41 +0000

XTorrent is going to be just like Disco, a huge waste of $$$.

It’s based off of the Transmission Torrent engine, and Transmission is free!

By: Josh

Josh — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:00:51 +0000

I’ve found myself buying plenty more apps this year. They’ve been;

Newsfire
Cha-Ching
Pukka
Disco
MacHeist Bundle
Transmit
Photoshop CS2 Educational

By: Brajeshwar

Brajeshwar — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:19:20 +0000

Well, I remember buying these

Macheist Bundle
TextMate
Transmit
AppZapper
ImageWell Xtras
NetNewsWire

I never needed to buy any Macromedia and now Adobe Softwares!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 08:00:53 +0000

When I was around Glenn’s age and thru high school I didn’t have any money to register shareware that I liked, so now that I’m working full time and surviving on my own and have the money to pay for such things, I’m very happy to support good Mac software. It just makes you feel good.

It’s sort of an addiction, here’s my list for apps in 2006:

Knox
Relaunch
BlogAssist 2
CSSEdit 2
Money 2
Awaken
Tangerine
Diskwarrior 4
Remote Buddy
Mira
Unison
Mac Pilot (mac zot)
Hardware Monitor
WebNoteHappy
Fission
Hawkeye (mac zot)
KIT (mac zot)
Downsize
Overflow 2
Cha-Ching
Billable
Windows XP Pro SP2
Tetris Classic (Palm OS)
Soulver (mac zot)
RooSwitch (mac zot)
PHPStudio (mac zot)
AppZapper (mac zot)
OmniWeb 5.5
Interarchy 8
DockStar (mac zot)
Disco (mac zot)
Mac Heist bundle
CoverScout

I’m probably missing some a few more. And yes, I completely realize that I occasionally buy competing applications, because I like both apps, and they both may be good at their own things, so it was worth it to me. I also have multiple macs that I’m using this stuff with, so in the case of Remote Buddy and Mira, I havent been able to get Remote Buddy to work with my PowerMac G4 MDD and USB IR sensor.

This was a good idea for a post glenn! It shows off what software people are actually willing to pay for, which says a lot for an app’s credibility.

By: Bart

Bart — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 07:24:03 +0000

I’m an early switcher to the mac world. Been using my MBP since September, but I’ve already both TextMate – decent text editor for me. In 2007 I’m planing to switch to Leopard and probably I’ll buy Photoshop CS3.