Been working with my macbook for roughly 3 weeks now and figured I’d share what kind of apps I’ve been using on a daily bases. Been playing around with a few but most of them got deleted and I’m pretty much set now. If you’d happen to notice that I’m not using a cool app you know of then feel free to drop me a line with the contact page! On to the apps! Note that I didn’t list them in any particular order. Just the first ones that came to mind! ^^;
Firefox
http://www.mozilla-europe.org/en/firefox/
Tried working with Safari for a while but for some reason I keep coming back to firefox over and over again. Maybe it’s because it’s an awesome and reliable browser that so far never seems to fail or maybe I’ve grown accustomed to it. Either way, everyone needs a web browser and Firefox suits my needs perfectly. What web browser do you use?
Thunderbird
http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-GB/thunderbird/
I never really used an e-mail client before when I was using windows. Never really saw a need for it, msn messenger always notified me as soon as I got mail but when I switched to mac OSX and ditched windows live messenger for Adium, which doesn’t have e-mail notification I noticed it becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of my e-mail. My cousin who is almost a big of a mozilla fanboy as I am recommended I check out Thunderbird and now it’s one of the first programs I launch after switching my beloved macbook on 
Adium
Not a whole lot to say about this application except that it’s an open source multi-protocol instant messaging client for Mac OS X. Basically every messenger you’ve ever seen into 1 application. I personally use it for Facebook and Msn chats ^^;
Handy if you have a lot of friends all using different systems (ICQ, MSN, AIM, Facebook, … just off the top of my head) and not only is it simple to use but the interface can be entirely adjusted to your needs! dock icons, sound sets etc…
those intrested in my settings, I switched the birdie dock icon for the stormtrooper helmet and am using the Madome Nanami sound set. which can be found here:
Madome Nanami sound set: http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=7283
Stormtrooper dock icon: http://www.adiumxtras.com/index.php?a=xtras&xtra_id=6712
iCal
Comes free with mac OSX, been messing around with it and quite frankly it’s the best organiser I’ve ever had. I love the way it integrates with the dashboard! Enough said.
Microsoft Word 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx
Yes, I could be using iWork instead of microsoft office but I’ve noticed my lay out’s getting screwed up when using compability mode, fonts not matching page formats getting lost etc.. kind of a pain in the ass if you’re working on a lot of school projects so I caved, apologized to my wallet and got the cheapest version of Office I could find.
Microsoft Powerpoint 2008
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/default.mspx
Same issue as with word. Kind of HAD to get it for school purposes as I have a LOT of presentations that I have to do. Although I have resorted to just plugging in my mac on the beamer. Powerpoint came with the office package. iWork’s Keynote does seem nicer and easier to work with but why buy 2 office suites? My wallet already dislikes me as it is, wouldn’t wanna piss it off even further!
VLC Media Player
It plays -EVERYTHING- enough said. Go get it, you won’t be disappointed!
