First I will be contructive by telling mac users what you can do for software.

Open University CD Contents (Major apps only)
Normal Apps
Star Office
Kaspersky Antivirus
ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall
Profile (Some JAVA CV creator / helper – PC Only)
Info-ZIP WIZ
Sesame Screen Saver
Web Apps
Internet Explorer 6
Shockwave & Flash

Mac alternatives with tips and advice

Star Office = Open Office / Neo Office
Open Office is developed from Star Office and Open Office is probably better in some ways. For the mac you can either install Open Office and use X11 or you can just download Neo Office which is easier and nicer to use.

Kaspersky Antivirus = ?
As of yet there is no viruses about so no need at present, just enjoy sending all your friends the email viruses they sent you without you getting infected!

ZoneAlarm Personal Firewall = Mac OS X Built-In Firewall
This is most probably the free version which is well cheapo on the OU’s part. Just check you Mac OS X Firewall is running by looking in “System Preferences”>”Sharing”>”Firewall” tab.

Profile = Stop being so lazy and write it yourself

Info-ZIP WIZ = Built-In
Just use the built in “Create Archive” command found in the “File” menu and under the contexutal menu in the Finder in 10.3.x/10.4.x. For those with two button mouses right click for the contextual menu, for single button users hold the control”Ctrl” key down when clicking. If you are using an older version 10.0/10.1/10.2 you can use Stuffit to zip or use the command line, one the terminal and type “man zip” for information.

Sesame screen saver = ?
Great no mac version, like you want some rubbish telling you how the OU want to take more of your cash!

Internet Explorer = Safari, Firefox, Camino
Just use Safari or any other browser, Firefox, Camino, Camino is prefered over Firefox IMO on the mac.

Shockwave & Flash
Both availible on the Mac and 99% sure they will be installed already.