Top ten computer applications you couldn't live without?

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#1 Darth-Caedus
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Title pretty much says it all...post your top ten favorite computer apps.

For me:

Opera:

Every computer needs a good web browser, as far as I'm concerned, web browsers don't get much better then Opera, lightweight, fast, customizable, and one of the most fully featured browsers at install, Opera dominates all other web browsers in my opinion, aside from the rare time I use Firefox for one of the few really useful add-ons or the rare time I come across a site that doesn't support Opera, if I am on the internet, I am using this browser.


Itunes:

Music is one of the most important things for me in my life, so of course a media player is going to show up on here:P Itunes seems to get a lot of hate from Windows users..IDK, maybe it doesn't work good on Windows, but it works perfectly on OS X, never had a single problem with it. :P

GIMP:

Well....I like making designs...what can I say?:P I'm not likely ever to become a professional Gfx designer or anything, but I have fun making stuff with this:P

X11:

When I made the switch to Mac, one of my most missed apps was the above mentioned GIMP. Thankfully, I later found out I could still use GIMP in OS X, I just needed to find my install disc and put X11 on it.:P

Max:

One of the best and most versatile CD rippers for Mac, can rip into pretty much any format I would want.


Last.FM:

Helps to recommend me new music, and helps me keep track of my listening habbits.


Quicksilver

Makes accessing apps and files quicker and easier.

VLC:

Can play pretty much any audio or video file in existence.

Fluke:

I don't listen to .flac files very ofter, but when I do, I love being able to add them into my itunes library like any other audio file.

Ical:

Uh...cause I like calenders?:P *Is having trouble thinking of ten apps that wouldn't get me in trouble with teh mods:P*

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#2 Lto_thaG
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I only have GIMP out of those.

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#3 Ravirr
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Operating systems mainly...

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#4 Darth-Caedus
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I only have GIMP out of those.

Lto_thaG
So...what are your top ten most used apps?:P
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#5 Lto_thaG
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[QUOTE="Lto_thaG"]

I only have GIMP out of those.

Darth-Caedus
So...what are your top ten most used apps?:P

Firefox,WMP,MSN...That's pretty much it :P
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SRWare Iron is the greatest internet browser of them all, just so you know Darth.

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My list is shorter... Firefox and spotify
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#8 jorler333
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I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

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adobe photoshop.....gimp sucks

firefox....only because of the addons

winrar...but not really

not many programs I cant live without, there are some firefox addons I must have though

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I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

jorler333
I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P
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Explorer NT Kernel Geforce Driver 196.21 svchost Wininit Netman Schedule Webclient audiodg winlogon
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SRWare Iron is the greatest internet browser of them all, just so you know Darth.

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Mmm...I suppose I should give it a shot. :P
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[QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

Darth-Caedus

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

supposedly, there releasing a new gimp version with a complete overhaul of the interface.

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[QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

Darth-Caedus

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

It takes some getting used to, that's for sure. I took a c|ass on it however, and now I love it. You can find it for about $20 at Wal-Mart, I forget what version :?

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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

racer8dan

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

supposedly, there releasing a new gimp version with a complete overhaul of the interface.

D: I hope not, I love the current interface.
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#16 xXDrPainXx
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I can't live with out VMWare Workstation, VMware Fusion, ARD, Groupwise, Wireshark, KisMAC, iPrint, iManager, Command Line\Terminal and Disk Utility. If I didn't have those I wouldn't have a job.
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mine are (in no particular order) : 1.netbeans 2.firefox 3.notepad++ 4.winrar 5.uTorrent 6.VLC 7.Virtualbox 8.OpenOffice.Org 9.LimeWire 10.MySQL
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#18 Ontain
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I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

jorler333

sure. but not everyone wants to pay 200 - 700 for the photoshop additional features.

btw I like 7zip for my compression needs.

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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

jorler333

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

It takes some getting used to, that's for sure. I took a cla$$ on it however, and now I love it. You can find it for about $20 at Wal-Mart, I forget what version :?

$20? Wah? The cheapest version on Amazon site is listed for $84 (Marked down from $99) :s
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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

jorler333

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

It takes some getting used to, that's for sure. I took a c|ass on it however, and now I love it. You can find it for about $20 at Wal-Mart, I forget what version :?

photoshop for $20? even elements costs more than that.
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[QUOTE="jorler333"]

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"] I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P Darth-Caedus

It takes some getting used to, that's for sure. I took a cla$$ on it however, and now I love it. You can find it for about $20 at Wal-Mart, I forget what version :?

$20? Wah? The cheapest version on Amazon site is listed for $84 (Marked down from $99) :s

gimp is free?

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In no particular order:

-Firefox
-Dreamweaver
-Fireworks
-Photoshop
-Illustrator
-InDesign
-Flash
-Office

I suppose everything else after that is optional.

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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="jorler333"] It takes some getting used to, that's for sure. I took a cla$$ on it however, and now I love it. You can find it for about $20 at Wal-Mart, I forget what version :?

racer8dan

$20? Wah? The cheapest version on Amazon site is listed for $84 (Marked down from $99) :s

gimp is free?

Yes it is.
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#24 mhh91
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In no particular order:

-Firefox
-Dreamweaver
-Fireworks
-Photoshop
-Illustrator
-InDesign
-Flash
-Office

I suppose everything else after that is optional.

Foolio1

you don't listen to music?

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mine is small google chrome.

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#26 Foolio1
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[QUOTE="Foolio1"]

In no particular order:

-Firefox
-Dreamweaver
-Fireworks
-Photoshop
-Illustrator
-InDesign
-Flash
-Office

I suppose everything else after that is optional.

mhh91

you don't listen to music?

I do, but I have other avenues for that, so technically I could live without it on the computer.

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#27 Tezcatlipoca666
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  • Firefox
  • GIMP
  • Open office 3.1
  • some music player (preferably Rhythmbox or foobar2000)
  • some video player (VLC preferably)
  • bitTorrent client (uTorrent or Transmission)
  • Flashplayer plug-in
  • Steam
  • MSN messenger or Empathy IM
  • photoviewer of some sort

Yep...

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1. Firefox* 2. Windows Live Mail* (The quickest way to check my Hotmail account) 3. Microsoft Office 2010 (Far better than Open Office in my opinion) 3. Mediamonkey* (My favourite media software for my music collection) 4. Media Player Classic* (Freeware lightweight media player that loads instantly, great for movies) 5. Deamon Tools 6. Speedfan (Keeps my CPU fan silent when not gaming) 7. Notepad* (Can't get simpler or quicker really) 8. Paint* (I use it like notepad for images) 9. Photoshop 10. Winrar/ 7-zip The ones with stars are the ones I have pinned to the taskbar.
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[QUOTE="racer8dan"]

[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"]$20? Wah? The cheapest version on Amazon site is listed for $84 (Marked down from $99) :s Darth-Caedus

gimp is free?

Yes it is.

I know its free I thought you guys were talking about gimp for $20, you must have been talking about photoshop then.

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#30 II_Seraphim_II
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Excluding my OS...KMPLayer, Songbird, Firefox, MeGUI MOD, Maya, Photoshop...can't think of any more atm.
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Chrome, Steam, MSN, Vent, Rainmeter, Itunes, Last.fm Out of curiosity, how did you get your itunes to look like that?
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  • Chrome
  • iTunes
  • Spotify
  • LastFM
  • uTorrent
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Safari iTunes iChat MS Office
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#34 legend26
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itunes and firefox ftw

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I guess Firefox and MS Office. Nothing else really stands out - there's a million media players out there.
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Um steam, and xfire.
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[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"] Out of curiosity, how did you get your itunes to look like that?

You can download themes for itunes here: http://browse.deviantart.com/customization/skins/media/itunes/
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[QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"] Out of curiosity, how did you get your itunes to look like that?Darth-Caedus
You can download themes for itunes here:

I don't think I would want to make itunes more of a resource sow than it already is.

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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="FrostyPhantasm"] Out of curiosity, how did you get your itunes to look like that?racer8dan

You can download themes for itunes here:

I don't think I would want to make itunes more of a resource sow than it already is.

I LOVE resource sows.
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I would say Firefox, Photoshop, ITunes, MSN, Microsoft Word, and to name a few... Can't think of a top 10, though.
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[QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

Darth-Caedus
I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

The interface is as good as it can be when compared to the extreme number of options you have available. There isn't really anything that is inferior in PS as to Gimp. It's just more complex and difficult to learn, but in the end it all makes GFX easier, not more difficult.
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Microsoft Office
Google Chrome
Paint.net
7-zip
Steam

and I can't really think of any more.

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[QUOTE="Darth-Caedus"][QUOTE="jorler333"]

I pretty much agree. Photoshop>Gimp though.

rolo107

I used it once. I liked a few features, but the interface sucked ass, and the displacement filter (my most used:P ) was way inferior to GIMPS. Also, WAY overpriced:P

The interface is as good as it can be when compared to the extreme number of options you have available. There isn't really anything that is inferior in PS as to Gimp. It's just more complex and difficult to learn, but in the end it all makes GFX easier, not more difficult.

Gimp is pretty powerful and all, but the interface is just too clunky and theres windows all over the dang place.

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#44 Fuzzy_Bear123
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VLC

CCleaner

Foobar 2000

Firefox

Steam

Winrar

Edits: Added two more

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1. Steam - games, games, games.
2. IE - still prefer it to Firefox/Chrome, though I have those installed too.
3. Paint.NET - best basic image editor. GIMP is more powerful, but it's also more painful to use.
4. iTunes - With my Touch as a remote and my music, video, and TV shows streaming from a NAS on the other side of the apartment through my computer's HDMI port to my TV, iTunes controls pretty much all of my media.
5. Microsoft Outlook - less e-mail and more scheduling, which syncs to my work's exchange server and my iPod Touch.
6. Microsoft Excel - Mostly for work, but a fantastic program in its own right.
7. Speedfan (combined with SirReal's G15 app) - Nice to be able to keep an eye on my CPU temperature at all times with a quick glance down.
8. Foxit Reader - **bleep** Adobe Acrobat.
9. Microsoft Word - Should clarify these are all Office 2007 versions. I don't miss the previous ones, and I do a lot of work in Office.
10. Handbrake - for all my DVD and camcorderconverting needs.

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1. Firefox 2. Xfire 3. iTunes 4. Photoshop 5. Dreamweaver 6. Sony Vegas 7. Sony Acid 8. Rocket Dock 9. WinRAR 10. PowerISO
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Opera

Skype

VLC Media Player

OpenOffice.org

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-Firefox -Netbeans -Windows Media Player -Microsoft Word -mIRC etc.
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Firefox uTorrent VLC foobar2000 DOSbox Daemon Tools MSN Winrar Ccleaner
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Safari

MS Office

Itunes