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By suite:
Adobe CS2 & CS3 Suite, Final Cut Pro Studio 1 & 2 Suite, iLife `06 suite, Microsoft Office 2003, 2004, and 2007

Software by Category
Audio/Video Editing & Creation After Effects CS3 Audacity Compressor Final Cut Pro Studio (1 & 2) GarageBand Handbrake iDVD 6 iMovie 6 iTunes Movie Maker 2 Adobe Premeire Pro (Windows only) QuickTime Pro 6 Snapz Pro X 2	Web Page Creation Adobe Photoshop (photo gallery web pages) Apple iPhoto 6 (photo gallery web pages) Galerie (photo, video, audio gallery web pages) Apple iWeb v.1(great for blogging/podcasting) Macromedia Dreamweaver CS3 Macromedia Flash CS3	Internet Access iChat Firefox Internet Explorer Mac SFTP Mozilla Browser Mulberry E-mail QuickTime Player Oak SFTP Opera Browser RealOne Player Safari Browser SSH Windows Media Player
Graphic Creation/Drawing Adobe Illustrator CS2& CS3 Comic Life NeoOffice (Open Office)	Database/Spreadsheet Microsoft Access XP/2007 Microsoft Excel 2003/2004/2007 NeoOffice (Open Office)	Presentation NeoOffice (Open Office) iDVD 6 iMovie 6 Keynote 2 PowerPoint 2003/2004/2007 QuickTime Pro 7
Photo Editing ABBYY Fine Reader (OCR Software) Adobe Photoshop CS2/CS3 iPhoto 6 Macromedia Fireworks MX	Word Processing ABBYY Fine Reader (OCR Software) TextEdit Microsoft Word 2003/2004/2007 NeoOffice (Open Office) NotePad	Other Miscellaneous Applications MatLab 7 SPSS 15
Page Layout (brochures/newsletters) Adobe Acrobat CS3 Adobe InDesign CS2/CS3 Microsoft Word 2003/2004/2007 Microsoft Publisher XP/2007 Pages	Operating Systems: Mac OS X.4 (17 stations) Mac OS X.5 (1 station) Parallels allowing for Windows to run on Intel iMacs Windows XP (3 stations plus 6 additional stations via Parallels on the Intel iMacs)

Please note that not all software is installed on every computer in the lab.

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"Why is the AAC lab a mix of Macs and Windows?"

The reason for this is a belief in the strength of diversity. I have seen things work on a Mac that won't work on a Windows computer and vice-versa. Some tasks are easier to do in Microsoft Windows while other tasks are easier to do on an Apple Macintosh computer. If something affects one system, it may not be a problem for the other operating system.

The lab does have a larger number of Macs because of the constant threat of security holes and viruses with Microsoft Windows to which Macintosh computers are immune.

Despite some people's claims, there is no superior operating system, in fact, none of them are exactly "user-friendly" which is why our lab is here with its available help. :-)

Some things Macs are better at, and some things Windows computers are better at. The key is knowing which tool to use for which job which is one of the things our skilled and patient lab assistants can assist you with.

-D.Lee Beard
AAC Computer Learning Lab Manager

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