Newbie call for App suggestions for new iMac

[timbevil]

I'm a Newbie to the Mac OS. I just got a 24" iMac desktop with Leopard. I got it set up fine but I'm looking for a few suggestions for what you consider crucial or vital 3rd party apps. Are their any apps I should download right away to make my user experience better from the start? Thank you.

 

[Tallest Skil]

"Oldie" call to follow the rules and search the forums/read the guides.

 

[mcavjame]

handbrake - video transcoder
VLC player - to play those vids that QT won't
Onyx - maintenance and system clean up
Stuffit - to unpack .exe zipped PC files
transmit - for uploading files to your web server

 

[BlueRevolution]

Please. There are many many many many many threads on this subject.

 

[CaptMurdock]

Some of my favorites...

Adium - for IM'ing on multiple networks (AIM, Yahoo!, MSM, Google, ICQ)

Disktracker - nice tool for cataloging back-up disks (for those of those who don't have 2 Gig backup drives...)

Firefox - browser

MacJournal - duals as personal journal keeper and blogging tool.

Start with those.