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Ways to make your mbp great
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Nov 5, 2006, 12:30 PM
 
Hello- I just got a mbp about a month ago and I was wondering aside from alll the great programs that are already in there, what else do you have for your computer? Anything from small to big apps. Programs that make you life better etc. Things for the menue bar, dashboard, anything you can think of from experience to word of mouth.

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Nov 5, 2006, 01:03 PM
 
Quicksilver
Textexpander
Inquisitor
PithHelmet
Sogudi
Flip4Mac
USB Overdrive
Cyberduck
VLC
Microsoft Office
Adobe Creative Suite

Most of those are free!

Cheers
MBP 2.4/160/2/256
iMac 2.0/250/1/128
     
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Nov 5, 2006, 01:57 PM
 
If you happen to be a DSLR Photographer Aperture is a killer app when run on a MBP with at least 2 GB RAM.

-Allen Wicks
     
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Nov 5, 2006, 04:51 PM
 
Firefox
Handbrake
     
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Nov 5, 2006, 09:28 PM
 
Mac the Ripper (for ripping my DVDs to the HDD)
Media Central (so far, I like this better than Front Row)
iSquint (media format conversion into Front Row/iTunes compatible formats)
FFMpegX (media format conversion)
Audacity (audio format conversion)
VLC (video playback)
Quicktime Pro (media format conversion)
MPEG StreamClip (media format conversion)
D-Vision 3 (for demuxing OGM files)
RPG (random password generator for all my online accounts)
Adium (instant messaging)
Skype (voice messaging)
Camino (alternative to firefox)
Azeurus (bittorrent)
XTorrent (bittorrent)
Office 2004 for Mac Student Teacher Edition (necessary evil at the moment)
Calorie King Diet Diary (an awesome program if you're into fitness!)
Quickbooks Pro 2005
X-Chat Aqua (IRC client)
Fan Control (keeps my MBP around 40C)
CoreDuoTemp (monitors temp and processor load)
Vidalia (TOR client)
GMail Notifier
Drop Copy (for instant file transfers between my macs)
Google Earth
FireFox (rarely use)
Keyspan Serial Assistant (USB to serial port)
TextWrangler (free editor!)
     
   
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