Where's a good place to buy OSX software?

[RonaldMacDonald]

I have just made the big jump from OS9 to OSX and am now faced with having to get updates and new software (I am sure many of you have been there). Here are my popular programs. Could someone please suggest a good place to update or buy these?

photoshop, illustrator, coral, quicken, drop stuff, drop zip, microsoft office (actually I hate MS programs), Norton Utilities, BB edit, Mariner Write.

Also, I was wondering if I should get the CD's for these programs by snail mail or just download them and burn CD's as backups?

Many thanks!
Ron

[Cat]

Some updates are available online, IIRC, check the sites or the "update feature". Do a search on Macupdate, versiontracker or the OS X download site on Apple's homepage. Some updates also can be found on CD's packaged with magazines, like Macworld, Macfan, Mac* etc.
For some, however, there ar eno updates, but you need to buy the new special OS X version, this is the case with Office AFAIK.

[Arden]

www.macmall.com
www.warehouse.com
www.zones.com
www.versiontracker.com
www.macupdate.com
www.download.com

And that's just off the top of my head.

[Giaguara]

BBedit you can get from versiontracker, ... Norton utilities isn't very useful for OS X. Photoshop and Illustrator may have different (upgrade) prices if you are buying them in Japan or US ... Welcome on boards

[DeltaMac]

bbedit and MarinerWrite are easy, both latest versions run on both OS 9 and OS X. The big cost is going to be Photoshop (vers 7), Illustrator (vers 10), and Office X. the first 2 should continue to be usable in either 9 or X(maybe you already have these), The Office X only runs in OS X.

[RonaldMacDonald]

Thank you all for your comments. I am a new member of the board and really like the fast responses. Giaguara, thanks for your note on Norton, I almost bought it. DeltaMac, yes, Photoshop is very expensive. I am thinking of buying Elements instead. I most work on .jpg files for the web. Should that do the job?

[Arden]

Photoshop Elements will probably suit you fine, unless you need to work in workspaces besides RGB or other advanced stuff like that. It's got some things I don't like, but it's got other features that I wish the full version of Photoshop had.

I'd recommend you go with Techtool Pro and Disk Warrior as two excellent utilities to replace Norton.

[RonaldMacDonald]

arden, thank you for your recommendations. May I ask why you feel those two utilities will work better than Norton on OSX?

Also, do I need virus protection for Mac. In the ten years I have owned Macs, I never gotton a virus. I just just love to tell that to Windows users.