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I recently got a black MacBook.
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<blockquote data-quote="6strings" data-source="post: 681730" data-attributes="member: 58484"><p>yehh i love my black book as well got it at the beg of this month with my education discount so i got the itouch and a free printer.</p><p></p><p>heres what id get: External HD (for backing up w/ time machine) , and also a bigger monitor if you like watching movies or just like have more of a workspace as i do because of college work</p><p></p><p>once i got my blackbook it was constant downloading and installing apps to truly customize my mac.. heres what i have:</p><p></p><p>Firefox 3 -- (great browser, new features, and looks amazing)</p><p>Adium -- (use it for my Aim messenger)</p><p>Skype -- (video chat)</p><p>VLC -- (video player to play divx movies, and many other video files with different and hard to find codecs and compressions)</p><p>google earth -- (take a look at satellite imagery of anything in the world it really is a beautifully rendered app. Get directions and what not go sight seeing or whatever you want) </p><p>Office Suite -- (work stuff)</p><p>CoverStream -- (if youre really into music like i am, youlll love this app. it controls your itunes without itunes open.. and beautifully displays current songs playing and album art)</p><p>Photoshop CS3 -- (if youre into photography or graphic design)</p><p>transmission -- torrent client for downloading torrent files </p><p>Stuffit -- (compresser/decompresser of .rar files and other file types)</p><p></p><p>Cool Widgets and other stuff:</p><p>iStat pro -- displays all crucial info about your macbook. i use this all the time making sure everythings running smoothly</p><p>coconut battery -- shows info about your battery: charge, how many cycles youve used, etc.. istat pro also has this displayed</p><p></p><p>by other stuff i meant apps you already have but may not be obvious. I use 'stickies' which is great for writing down quick notes </p><p>ical - which is your typical calender.. i have it in my 3rd spaces so i can quickly check events and stuff</p><p></p><p>thas most of the stuff i have downloaded.. im pretty much set with all this stuff. use Spaces, its great for having things organized. mess around with system preferences to customize things the way you want them especially with your login section so you can have some apps to run immediately when you power on your mac. You can also have different apps open in which spaces you want when you mess with the pref in spaces and in system pref>>account>>login</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6strings, post: 681730, member: 58484"] yehh i love my black book as well got it at the beg of this month with my education discount so i got the itouch and a free printer. heres what id get: External HD (for backing up w/ time machine) , and also a bigger monitor if you like watching movies or just like have more of a workspace as i do because of college work once i got my blackbook it was constant downloading and installing apps to truly customize my mac.. heres what i have: Firefox 3 -- (great browser, new features, and looks amazing) Adium -- (use it for my Aim messenger) Skype -- (video chat) VLC -- (video player to play divx movies, and many other video files with different and hard to find codecs and compressions) google earth -- (take a look at satellite imagery of anything in the world it really is a beautifully rendered app. Get directions and what not go sight seeing or whatever you want) Office Suite -- (work stuff) CoverStream -- (if youre really into music like i am, youlll love this app. it controls your itunes without itunes open.. and beautifully displays current songs playing and album art) Photoshop CS3 -- (if youre into photography or graphic design) transmission -- torrent client for downloading torrent files Stuffit -- (compresser/decompresser of .rar files and other file types) Cool Widgets and other stuff: iStat pro -- displays all crucial info about your macbook. i use this all the time making sure everythings running smoothly coconut battery -- shows info about your battery: charge, how many cycles youve used, etc.. istat pro also has this displayed by other stuff i meant apps you already have but may not be obvious. I use 'stickies' which is great for writing down quick notes ical - which is your typical calender.. i have it in my 3rd spaces so i can quickly check events and stuff thas most of the stuff i have downloaded.. im pretty much set with all this stuff. use Spaces, its great for having things organized. mess around with system preferences to customize things the way you want them especially with your login section so you can have some apps to run immediately when you power on your mac. You can also have different apps open in which spaces you want when you mess with the pref in spaces and in system pref>>account>>login [/QUOTE]
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