What are your essential apps?

[T8y8]

[quote="Submiqent";p="344824"][quote="7on";p="344737"]
Halo (arguably essential, but I need it to breathe I tell ya!) <-- Game not App!!!!
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By definition, anything you run on a PC is an app.

[7on]

That's why I said "arguably essential" and then did a laugh behind TuxRacer (also a game).

[Ender_Wiggin]

ummmm atm I'm not really putting much on my computer cos I know I'm going to be getting rid of it sooner than later (teh computer, that is)

AIM + MSN, but I might just switch to Trillian soon

Photoshop
Dreamweaver
Fireworks
Flash

because I sometimes just have this sudden urge to do picture editing and web-page stuff and I like to have all the stuff I need right at my fingertips

Winamp (with Shoutcast plugin for DJ'ing)

More stuff that I can't remember right now...but probably just as important

[Crazy Man]

Notes about this post:
($$) - denotes not free
($F) - denotes not free, but I get for free/discounted because I'm a student.

($$) Trillian - For communication. Currently using 3.0 Pro (yes, I paid )

PuTTY - I used this in my UNIX class (we have a UNIX server here that we use....final project was to develop a simple web app in Perl or Python).

Paint.NET - It's like photoshop had Paint's baby. It kicks arse.

($F) VisualStudio.NET 2003 - I'm a programmer....it's....what...I...use....

($F) Visio - I'll probably get to use this more next semester....but so far I've been using it for UML diagrams. It goes hand-in-hand with VS.NET

($F) Office (Word etc)

Winamp - Music

Firefox - Browser

Thunderbird - E-mail

Ad-aware - Scanning for ad-ware

($F) McAfee - Anti-virus

Finale Notepad - Music composition

JCreator - Java programming

Textpad - A text editor I use for programming/coding in languages not supported by VS or JCreator (examples of what I've used it for in the past: MIPS assembly and UnrealScript). Can run stuff like compilers and makefiles if wanted/needed.

Notepad - Brainstorming new game ideas, writing quick notes about various things etc

[chapium]

Primary functionality

firefox
Internet Explorer (for stupid sites that need it... poorly structured html that even ie6 displays improperly, but somehow manages to work)
iTunes
Gaim
Thunderbird
Wordpad (leafpad in loonix)
MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel (wish there were good alternatives but the documents I try to import into OpenOffice.org just dont quite fit.)
Putty
PsFTP
Winrar
Adobe Acrobat Viewer

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Less used

Gimp
Windows Media Player
Xchat
Bittorrent
Yahoo Intellisync

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Things running passievly that save me headaches

Mcaffe antivirus
ZoneAlarm

[andvari_7]

I hope this isn't considered necroing (it's been a week, and I think it's okay), but here are my essentials:

Firefox.
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Photoshop 5.5
WindowBlinds
ObjectDock
iTunes
BitTorrent client
Alcohol 120%
Ad-Aware SE
Trillian
WinRAR
Norton Antivirus (I use CE, but that's what I could get legally)

Less Important:
Nero
ATI Multimedia Center

[flamechocobo]

[quote="andvari_7";p="433986"]I hope this isn't considered necroing (it's been a week, and I think it's okay), but here are my essentials:

Firefox.
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Photoshop 5.5
WindowBlinds
ObjectDock
iTunes
BitTorrent client
Alcohol 120%
Ad-Aware SE
Trillian
WinRAR
Norton Antivirus (I use CE, but that's what I could get legally)

Less Important:
Nero
ATI Multimedia Center[/quote]
Switch that antivirus out for a better one. Post haste.

[DeLorean623]

Firefox 1.0
Office 2003
MediaFour XPlay 2
Azureus
WinRAR
Norton Systemworks 2003
Nero 6.0.0.19
AIM 5.5.3599
DeadAIM 4.5
Broadcom drivers
Dell Truemobile drivers
ATI drivers
Synaptics TP Drivers (tap to click must DIE)
Ad-Aware SE
Creative MediaSource
Opera 6.06 (i like its features better than the newer versions...)
Customizer XP 1.82 (i think)

Those are the essientals.... and the only stuff installed, since I just formatted, and used the disk!

[edge]

Firefox 1.0 (It is my first install on any cleanly installed system).
Winamp 2.whatever - Sooo much faster than the new winamp. I like a player that plays music. Not one that has an interface that can reprogram my VCR.
Putty - Because Windows si teh suck. Gotta keep connected with my Linux box.
GAIM - For AIM, ICQ, Y, MSN
DScaler - For my home PC. Best Deinterlacing software ever. (For TV Tuner/Capture cards)
PC-Pine for email (Outlook/Express can bite me)
BBLean - Windows Explorer can bite me too. BBLean is much faster, and less intrusive. (Usually my second install)
SmartFTP - Best FTP Client I've used. And it's a freebie.
I also like to keep things around like Photoshop 7, GIMP, Top-Style, HTML-Kit or Textpad, and the Macromedia Suite.
I usually use WinRAR for handling archives.

I don't really believe in antivirus software (go ahead and flame, I will back it up). I usually have Panda AV around to do an occational scan, or to have running at LAN parties.

[andvari_7]

[quote="flamechocobo";p="434015"][quote="andvari_7";p="433986"]I hope this isn't considered necroing (it's been a week, and I think it's okay), but here are my essentials:

Firefox.
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Photoshop 5.5
WindowBlinds
ObjectDock
iTunes
BitTorrent client
Alcohol 120%
Ad-Aware SE
Trillian
WinRAR
Norton Antivirus (I use CE, but that's what I could get legally)

Less Important:
Nero
ATI Multimedia Center[/quote]
Switch that antivirus out for a better one. Post haste.[/quote]

Believe me, I'd love to, but the university won't let me. I'd rather use NAV2005 or something better.

[Crazy Man]

[quote="andvari_7";p="434314"][quote="flamechocobo";p="434015"][quote="andvari_7";p="433986"]I hope this isn't considered necroing (it's been a week, and I think it's okay), but here are my essentials:

Firefox.
MS Word, Excel, Powerpoint
Photoshop 5.5
WindowBlinds
ObjectDock
iTunes
BitTorrent client
Alcohol 120%
Ad-Aware SE
Trillian
WinRAR
Norton Antivirus (I use CE, but that's what I could get legally)

Less Important:
Nero
ATI Multimedia Center[/quote]
Switch that antivirus out for a better one. Post haste.[/quote]

Believe me, I'd love to, but the university won't let me. I'd rather use NAV2005 or something better.[/quote]

Since when can a university control what apps you run on YOUR computer?

[Deacon]

In their network usage policies they can dictate certain things like what they require that you run, such as a packetfilter application (ZoneAlarm, etc), an AV, etc. This is "for the common good." Like requiring someone with the flu to stay home instead of infecting everyone else in his classes. They can also prohibit certain types of software from being installed, such as BitTorrent clients, Kazaa, etc.

If you're not on the uni network, then you don't have to worry about it.