Essential apps for Mac OS X. 10.5.x Leopard or above, intel based Macbook/Macbook Pro/iMac.
List of /Applications: app list
QuickSilver (apps launcher)
Google Quick Search Box
Adium
Skype
Messenger for Mac
QQ for Mac
Firefox
Thunderbird
Chandler
Evernote
Burn
TrueCrypt
KeepassX
The Unarchiver
CoconutBattery
OpenOffice.org/Neo office
CyberDuck/Filezilla
Transmission/uTorrent
aMule
Commercial and shareware apps:
VMWare Fusion
QIM (IMKQIM) Chinese Input Method (Shareware)
Mind Manager Pro (paid)
Office 2008 (Paid)
iWork'08 (Paid)
Adobe Acrobat Professional, Dreamweaver, PhotoShop
Roxio Toast Titanium
System tools:
smartctl
Widgets:
Locker
Screenshot pro