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New to laptops, any killer software?
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Hi all-
I'm a new purchaser of a Blackbook, and it being my first laptop\notebook, I was wondering if there was any useful laptop\notebook specific software or widgets I should be looking into.
Any suggestions?
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Off the top of my head, probably Quicksilver would be the most useful. Its hard to explain, but its kind of like a application launcher...but so much more. With a few keystrokes you can combine ideas and tasks (like emailing an attachment to someone in your address book). Its a real timesaver. Best of all, its completely free!
http://quicksilver.blacktree.com/
iStumbler is pretty neat too. Lets you detect and monitor wireless connections.
http://www.istumbler.net/
Oh, and as far as the coolest, most useless program you could get - SeisMac:
http://www.suitable.com/tools/seismac.html
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you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods,
you will understand why I dismiss yours." - Stephen F. Roberts
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Thanks, I'll go ahead and check these out.
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I didnt know of Seismac, and I think it is a very, very cool program. Any other must haves?
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BlacBook | 2.0ghz core duo | 2x320gb | 2gb ram | mba superdrive
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the website www.iusethis.com is good for browsing a ton of mostly free mac programs.
must haves for me:
transmission: torrent downloader (no spyware)
flip4mac universal: streaming windows media on the web
skype video preview: chatting, voIP, and video chat for free
quinn: tetris!
shapeshifter universal beta : change the GUI to something other than gray
unison: newsgroup binaries downloader
VLC player: xvid, divx and all around video player
stuffit : file compression/decompression
all these can be found on iusethis.com... check it out, and welcome to the apple commnunity!
(Last edited by muaddib420; Jul 28, 2006 at 02:19 AM.
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Your Mac already came with most of the best Apps ever. When you actually find the need to add more you will have heard of them already 
MS Office is very nice on Macs.
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iMac G4 / Macbook
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I have an older free version of wiretap for OSX 10.3 which is great for recording anything that comes thru the speakers of your laptop. If you want to totally skip paying for high quality music, sound effects, etc. this is the software to get:
The newer Tiger version costs only about $20. Worth it totally IMO.
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/
But if you would rather take the honest route and not copy copywrighted music it's still nice software to have. Hey I never said I bootlegged anything...I was wondering if Windows has anything like this?
Anyone still use ONYX?
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11582
(Last edited by buddy1065; Jul 28, 2006 at 07:59 AM.
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Originally Posted by muaddib420
the website www.iusethis.com is good for browsing a ton of mostly free mac programs.
must haves for me:
transmission: torrent downloader (no spyware)
flip4mac universal: streaming windows media on the web
skype video preview: chatting, voIP, and video chat for free
quinn: tetris!
shapeshifter universal beta : change the GUI to something other than gray
unison: newsgroup binaries downloader
VLC player: xvid, divx and all around video player
stuffit : file compression/decompression
all these can be found on iusethis.com... check it out, and welcome to the apple commnunity!
Since you sid Flip4Mac I figured that it should be mentioned that the universal binary just came out for it.
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Originally Posted by nickw311
Since you sid Flip4Mac I figured that it should be mentioned that the universal binary just came out for it.
wow, finally.
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