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The current Operating System of the student iBooks is Mac OS X Tiger - 10.4.6.
To learn more about Tiger, visit http://www.atomiclearning.com/osx_tiger_orientation, or visit our Hands & Tutorials Page to see it in action.
Each laptop comes with the following applications:
| 2005 World Book Reference Suite | Electronic encyclopedia | http://www.mackiev.com/world_book.html |
| AbiWord | Open Source software for opening Word and WordPerfect files. | http://www.abisource.com/download/ |
| AppleWorks | Word Processing, Spreadsheet, Drawing, Painting, Presentation tool | http://www.apple.com/education/k12/ products/appleworks/ |
| Audio Recorder | Tool to recording audio files for presentations | http://homepage.mac.com/benshan/ |
| Camino | Web Browser - Rendezvous/Bonjour website capable | http://www.caminobrowser.org/ |
| Dictionary | Dictionary/Thesaurus | http://www.atomiclearning.com/osx_tiger_orientation# |
| Examview Player | Tool to take online tests - came with Math textbook | |
| Finale Notepad 2007 | Music notation software | http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ |
| Firefox | Web Browser | http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ |
| Flip4Mac | Allows you to play, import and export Windows Media video and audio files | http://www.flip4mac.com/ |
| Google Earth | Hi-res images of the world | http://earth.google.com/ |
| Google SketchUp 6 | Powerful yet easy-to-learn 3D software tool | http://sketchup.google.com/ |
| iCal | Organization tool | http://www.apple.com/ical/ |
| iMovie HD 6 | Digital video creation tool | http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ |
| Inspiration | Concept-mapping tool | http://www.inspiration.com |
| iTunes 6 | Digital music management tool | http://www.apple.com/ilife/tunes/ |
| iPhoto 6 | Digital photo tool | http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/ |
| iWeb | Web Authoring tool integrated into iLife 06 | http://www.apple.com/ilife/iweb/ |
| iWebSites | Utility to manage iWeb websites | http://mistergregg.com/cocoadrillosoftware/iWebSites/iWebSites%20Home.html |
| Journler | Journalling tool | http://journler.com/download/index.php |
| GarageBand 3 | Digital music authoring tool | http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/ |
| Geometer's Sketchpad | Geometry/algebraic tool | http://www.keypress.com/sketchpad/getting_ started/product_info.php |
| GraphicConverter | Digital graphics manipulation tool | http://www.lemkesoft.de/en/graphcon.htm |
| Keynote 3 | Creating presentations | http://www.apple.com/keynote/ |
| Logger Pro | Science probe software | |
| MacJournal | Journalling tool | http://homepage.mac.com/dschimpf/ |
| MasterKey | Keyboarding practice | http://macinmind.com/MasterKey/ |
| miXscope | Microscope software | |
| Nvu | WYSIWYG webpage editor | http://www.nvu.com |
| Pages 2 | Word Processing/ Page Layout program | http://www.apple.com/iwork/pages/ |
| Quicktime Player | Media player | http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ |
| Mindpoint QuizShow | Activities with Spanish textbook | http://www.phschool.com/tech_support/ts_mindpoint.html |
| RealOne Player | Web media player | http://www.real.com |
| RoboLab | Lego Robotics application | http://www.lego.com/eng/education/mindstorms/home.asp?pagename=robolab |
| Sherlock | Search tool | http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/sherlock/ |
| Squeak | Small-talk media authoring programming tool | http://www.squeak.org/ |
| Versacad 2005 | CAD software | http://www.versacad.com/versacad/vcadmac.htm |