Must Have Programs

Hey all. Just purchased my first mac after 12 years of using pc's. At any rate, I was curious what programs you feel are "MUST HAVES?" I did install NeoOffice (even though I am a fan of MS Word)... AppZapper, CandyBar, MacJournal (not a must have but I like to keep a journal), Flip4Mac, and Adium. I think that covers most of what I've put in here...

Anyway, thanks in advance. This forum is a blessing (had this macbook for 5 days before I finally found out why my network wasn't staying connected: the WEP issue).

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I've had my MacBook since Feb and the only non-standard apps I've 'needed' or chosen to use are:

Firefox
Thunderbird
Adium
NeoOffice
Smultron (advanced text editor)

I've tried loads of widgets and a few (mostly free) games.

I am almost surprised how much comes as standard with OS X.

I would like to get Office:Mac 2008 (or whatever it'll be called) when MS launch it later this year (I think it's coming out this year).

You might want to have a look at The Gimp a pretty powerful OpenSource Graphics application

Doing a search will bring up many threads with this question already answered. I think there's actually one with the exact same title or contains the same words.

Also, there's a sticky under "Switcher's Hangout" with plenty of app recommendations.

Welcome to the forums!

Welcome Bellator1968! Yes, fleurya is right, there are many threads here to answer your questions.

But, everyone agrees that Quicksilver is a must!

check here, we did this recently

http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55780

vlc comes in handy from time to time.
it's a media player that plays virtually everything.