Originally Posted by
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Chrome is good, actually GREAT. Note that Flash is crashing, but if on Chrome, there's a built-in task manager and you can kill it without fucking up the loaded pages themselves. Refresh the page and it will reload the flash player.
As for general apps, I could suggest:
1) iStatMenu to see the nice resource usage stats in the menu - CPU, net, disk, ram, temperature. The newest version is paid (&cheap), but the older 2.0 is free
2) Xee for picture viewing in parallel to iPhoto
3) UnRarX to take care of Rar archives
4) VLC for media player
5) Transmission for torrents
6) iSoul for Soulseek client
7) MacPorts for command line utilities and other general linux/unix applications. requires XCode, available on the install DVD
8) AppZapper for Unistalling software
9) Adium for Instant Messaging client
10) If you require Windows applications, you can use:
a) WINE - the windows emulator (free)- i'm using foobar2000.exe with WINE and that's my preferred Audio player under OS X.
b) Parallels - my choice for virtualization. Windows7 64biit works great with Parallels. I'm using the coherence mode, which skins the Windows apps as OS X apps and it's great.
c) VMWare fusion - the other mainstream VM for OS X. can send you a discount coupon to get it for $39.99
d) VirtualBox - free VM. not as good on the cosmetics side, but a good way for running windows.
11) MS Office for Mac is OK (have bugs, but works)
I will also suggest you to review the apps in Applications > Utilities. Many important system maintenance apps are there by defualt. Get familiar with what is available there, as there are handy tools
Enjoy you Monster Mac! (me Jelly :p )
