Mac osx researchers/scientist unite!

[GiulioUngaretti]

a) this is my first topic, i hope to have made it to the right section.
b)i've not found similar, if i'm wrong delete it!

As of tittle, write here if you use your mac for scientific research.
What do you use mac for ?
What software do you use?
Shall we start to write down a most useful list of software for research ( plotting, calculus, reference management ..) ?

 

[mobilehaathi]

I use a Mac Pro in lab every day, and my work spans both theory and data analysis in my field. I use it predominately for simulations and calculations that aren't worth putting in the queue for the cluster. The most common software I use is that which I write myself (in perl/c++), but I also use R, matlab, mathematica, Adobe Illustrator, and some very specialized software useful only to people in my line of research.