en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/2257 Comments by gards http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/11/help-me-with-my-new-macbook-pro.html#IDComment39241 Just got a macbook pro too - a few useful apps: <br /> <br />- iWork &#039;08 (for keynote alone and fast launching of Office docs) <br />- Think from www.freeverse - to avoid distractions <br />- Adium for IM <br />- Twitterific <br />- Airport radar widget from <a href="http://www.macwireless.com/ ">http://www.macwireless.com/ </a><br />- Mindmanager for Mac 7 <br />- Fusion of Parallels with XP (not Vista) <br />- Thunderbird for email (Mail has great search, but is unreliable IMO) <br />- Pocketmac to sync your blackberry (if you don&#039;t have an iPhone) <br />- Anti-Virus (if you feel you need it) - Sophos Small Business Edition is reliable and lightweight <br /> <br />You also may want to see this post on Chris Pirillo&#039;s top 100 mac apps: <a href="http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/11/06/top-100-mac-apps/ ">http://chris.pirillo.com/2007/11/06/top-100-mac-a...</a> Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:27:58 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/11/help-me-with-my-new-macbook-pro.html#IDComment39241