What do you install?

[chriscorbin]

Next week i will go to my local apple store(Walnut Creek,CA) and buy a shiny new MBP, i have to find all my install DVDs for photoshop, FCP etc
and i was wondering if you bought a new computer what would install as soon as it was out of the box
for me:
Firefox-duh
Mailbox-great plug-in
Pando-great for sending huge files
Chax-a must have
Aperture-best software ever
Final Cut Studio
World of Warcraft-gotta have games right
iStumbler-if you dont know about it check it out
all my widgets of course
MS/Open Office-all work no play
Windows media player-this is un-avoidable
Wimpy FLV player- for watching vids from youtube
Superduper-save and save often
mac Saber-why not
Skype-welcome to the social
Shuttle Driver software-this thing is soo cool
Quicktime Pro

guess thats it, untill i realize i missed somthing huge


What would you install

 

[Benjamin]

I would install after booting and creating a user... in no real order...

Photoshop
Textmate
Office
Graphic Converter
Transmission
Transmit
VLC
The Uncarchiver
Toast
Flip4Mac
Persian
3ivx
BBedit
QuickImage
Services
Butler
MainMenu
Smultron
Monolingual
File List
3ivx
Theora
Chax
Firefox
Pithhelmat
Acidsearch

Custom icons
Custom desktops
Custom Extras.rsrc and iTunes.rsrc

games

 

[risc]

Audio Hijack Pro, Azureus, Civil Netizen, EarthBrowser, EyeTV, Fast DVD Copy, ffmpegX, Fission, Genesis Plus, Google Earth, Image Tricks, iPodRip, JBidWatcher, Kitty Spangles Solitaire, KrossWordz, MacSFV. MediaFork, Microsoft Office, Nicecast, Pacifist, PuzzlePoker, Realbasic, RealPlayer, Renamer4Mac, Snes 9x, SMS Plus, Toast 7 Titanium, Transmit, UnRarX, VersionTracker Pro, Virtual II, VisualHub, VLC, WhatSize, Zoom.

Also for QuickTime Pro and Front Row I install Perian codec pack, AC3 audio codec, and Flip4Mac.

The apps I install change over time but these are my current ones. I used to purchase all of the Omni stuff but that has started shipping with Macs so it isn't on the list above.

 

[Blubbert]

Replace the Windows Media Player with Flip4Mac, because WMP for mac has been discontinued, and microsoft reccomends Flip4Mac.
Another suggestion i would make is that you download Perian, because it supports FLV.
These two will allow you to play just about any movie in QuickTime.

Out of the things you mention, i would install Opera instead of Firefox. Mostly because i cannot adjust to any browser since i started using it. Another thing i would install is Quicksilver, because it is amazing.

 

[clevin]

Next week i will go to my local apple store(Walnut Creek,CA) and buy a shiny new MBP, i have to find all my install DVDs for photoshop, FCP etc
and i was wondering if you bought a new computer what would install as soon as it was out of the box
for me:
Firefox-duh
Mailbox-great plug-in
Pando-great for sending huge files
Chax-a must have
Aperture-best software ever
Final Cut Studio
World of Warcraft-gotta have games right
iStumbler-if you dont know about it check it out
all my widgets of course
MS/Open Office-all work no play
Windows media player-this is un-avoidable
Wimpy FLV player- for watching vids from youtube
Superduper-save and save often
mac Saber-why not
Skype-welcome to the social
Shuttle Driver software-this thing is soo cool
Quicktime Pro

guess thats it, untill i realize i missed somthing huge


What would you install

u will install what u need, and u will discover what u need gradually. Other ppls are other ppls after all.

 

[epochblue]

Personally, the first things I install on a new PC are Quicksilver, Adium and NewsFire (or some other RSS reader). I simply can't compute on my Mac without them.

Beyond that, I agree with one of the posters above me that Flip4Mac and Perian are must haves.

 

[Osarkon]

Quicksilver, Perian and Flip4Mac, Adium, NeoOffice (because I can't stand having to use X11 for OpenOffice and it just looks horrible), Seashore, Onyx, VLC player for those videos Quicktime can't handle, Burn for cd and dvd burning, Senuti, and Firefox

That's all I can think of for the moment

 

[solubility]

I'll bite:

1. Chrome
2. OmniFocus
3. Alfred
4. Yojimbo
5. Total Finder
6. Postbox
7. Cinch
8. Notational Velocity
9. Spotify

 

[tmagman]

1. Chrome
2. Whatever I need next.

 

[vitzr]

I buy at least one new MBP each year, so I have my setup routine down cold. I set aside one full day to unbox & setup my new Mac.

I prefer doing it in a certain order all at once. Then I'm ready to go with nothing left except to enjoy it.

My list of software & utilities is too long to list & relevant only for my work & personal requirements.

 

[waynep]

I switched to my first Mac in January. I have found that I use the following that I have added:

Kindle for Mac
Evernote
Virtual Box
Pages
MS Office 2011
Carbon Copy Cloner
Gimp
TrueCrypt
Skitch
VLC Media Player
CrashPlan
Twitter
SketchBook Express

I also have Chrome and Firefox installed as I used FF on the PC and thought I would use it on the Mac as well. But I am finding I like Safari better so I don't use either one of those much.