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[Blimblim]

I was reading a post on the gaming forum about someone speculating if people would by an incredibly powerful PC like system that would not be backwards compatible with the current x86 cpus. That got me to think about how many software (besides the usual Microsoft apps of course) I use daily on my windows machine. Lots of people use different tools for the same results, so I thought it would be interesting to see (and maybe discover some new tools) what you guys use.
As for me, on this machine I use daily :
Always running
- Total commander <- this is the first application I install after a fresh windows install, can't live without it.
- Firefox
- Thunderbird
- Trillian
- Virtuawin (virtual desktop ala fvwm)
- Bitdefender (antivirus)
- Azureus
- Sipps (voip phone)
- Exceed (X window system for windows)

Running when needed, but almost daily
- Virtualdub
- Virtualdubmod
- Avisynth
- Virtual VCR
- Media Player Classic
- Winamp
- VNC

I know I have a rather special setup, but it works great for me.

What about you guys?

 

[ChrisReid]

I haven't closed mirc since 1997. I use Paintshop Pro almost daily, in addition to stuff like notepad, IE, calculator, etc.

 

[demi]

photoshop
irc
aim
bittornado
internet explorer
flashfxp
wintv2000 (because i'm too lazy to turn on the tv behind me, or to play some games!)


that's about the majority of my PC usage, with the occasional other program being used

 

[The Faceless Master]

100% guaranteed every day
---
mirc <- might as well be in startup
trillian <- actually is in startup
mozilla <- probably should be in startup
winamp
notepad
media player classic



close to every day
---
leapftp
serv-u
grabit
nero
winrar
flashfxp
acdsee classic
irfanview
ati mmc (tv)
pinnacle studio
paint shop pro

 

[SpoonyBard]

Opera
Eudora
Mirc
Winamp

Almost every day:
Media player classic
Notepad
dc++

 

[Socreges]

Firefox
BitTornado (always got 24 episodes dl'ing recently. almost caught up!)
MSN Messenger
Microsoft Word
Limewire PRO
Winamp

 

[FightyF]

Every day:
Firefox

Close to everyday:
Winamp
BUZZ
CryTek Sandbox (learning now)
Excel
Windows Media Player
MSN Messenger
ModPlug Tracker
Bitornado

 

[rc213]

Trillian
Firefox
Thuderbird
Mirc
Newsleecher
Flashfxp
Media Player Classic

 

[GIR]

Always Running:
Trillian
eMule
MotherBoardMonitor
Sysinternals Process Explorer

Every Day:
VirtualDubMod
Paint Shop Pro 9
Photoshop
Internet Explorer 6
Firefox
MS Access
Visual Basic 6/Visual Studio.NET
MkvToolNix
Media Player Classic
Notepad
GraphEdit
FlashGet
Beyond Compare
WinRAR
AviSynth
RegEdit

Own Software:
MediaMill
Rename Tool
URLStuff

Occasionally:
DVD Decrypter
Project64
ZSNES
MS Word
TMPGEnc

 

[Dagon]

I use the standard array of apps that more than likely most people on these boards (well, the Mac users at least) use.

- Safari
- Mail
- iTunes
- Word
- TextWrangler
- Fetch
- Photoshop
- iCal
- AOL (I'm forced to use this **shudders**)
- iChat

 

[Ill Saint]

General apps
Winamp
Firefox
Soulseek

My bread and butter (all legit)
Photoshop
Flash MX 2004
Combustion
Vegas
QuarkXPress
Max/MSP with Jitter
3D Studio Max
Painter

 

[.:RaZieL:.]

Always:
-Firefox
-Azureus
-Winamp
-MSN Messenger

Almost Daily:
-Photoshop CS
-DC++
-Alcohol 120%
-Dreamweaver MX
-Flash MX
-Smart FTP
-3DSMAX 7

 

[Crispy]

Always

Windows (duh)
Winamp
Opera browser

Almost always

Bittornado

Often

Word
Powertab

It isn't much, but I get by

 

[Chrono]

- Firefox
- Mirc
- Zoom Player
- iTunes
- Bittorent - ABC

Out of curiosity, what do you guys use notepad for? I only use it to write a few notes and leave the file on my desktop - is that it?

 

[GIR]

Out of curiosity, what do you guys use notepad for? I only use it to write a few notes and leave the file on my desktop - is that it?

for my "To Do" list and my shopping list
sometimes I just use it to store blobs of text that I need to cut n paste later.

 

[demi]

editing html/php files that's about it, or saving irc quotes from orin or anyone else

[11:40pm] <GaimeGuy> holy shit there's blood in my underwear

[03:26pm] <Orin_Exsu> you said spelling
[03:26pm] <Orin_Exsu> not grammer

 

[Drexon]

100% all the time:

Miranda Instant Messanger (instead of clutted ICQ)
MSN Messanger (just to know when I get e-mails)
BulletProof FTP Server
Samurize (TV-schedule on desktop)
BitTornado
Winamp
Firefox

So and so:
DC++
xISO
Xbox Connect
PC Alert 4 (just installed water cooling, need to check temps)
Nero Burning Rom
Körkortstest.exe (Swedish drivers license theory test program)
Economy.txt (I rock at saving money for stuff, currently have $530 and I don't have a job
To do.txt (Just a to do list)

 

[Dujour]

Safari, Captain FTP, Toast 6 Titanium, Serial Box, iTunes, Remote Desktop Connection, Bit Tornado, Mirc, and now, CCleaner.

 

[Freestyler]

Always open:

Safari
MSN Messenger
iTunes
gCount (sits in menu bar at top and checks for new Gmail)

Open very often (daily):

Mail
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
Acquisition
QuickTime Player (only for porn really)

 

[maharg]

On my windows machine: MSN, Notepad, putty, cmd, calc, icq (when I have to), firefox, thunderbird, Visual Studio, jEdit (a lot of the time), vmware, perforce (and p4scc), svn (and tortoisesvn), cvs (and tortoisecvs).

On my unixish machines: mpc, pico, emacs, screen, apache, mysql, postgres, perlbal, bash, gcc, bsd make, perforce, svn, cvs.

Honorable Mention for constant use in the memorable past: Exceed, kate, kopete, konquerer.

 

[Ryo]

Allways running:
ICQ
Outlook
IE
Winamp

Work programs:
Uniface Dev Env
Uniface App
WSQL
Eclipse
ClearCase
TestDirector

 

[Tedesco!]

Firefox
AIM
Music Match
Sound Forge 8.0
Vegas 5.0
Winamp
MS Office

 

[maharg]

ClearCase

Ugh. Perforce 4 lif.

 

[Ryo]

Ugh. Perforce 4 lif.

 

[6.8]

Firefox
Thunderbird
Xchat
Gaim

... on a windows machine.

 

[Borys]

Always on:

Windows with SP1 only and...
...IE6
(yeah I'm old-fashioned, c'mon hackers hack my box!)

Azureus
AutoConnect
DaemonTools
eMule
Messanger

Daily usage:
WinAmp
WMP
PaintShop Pro
Notepad (duh!)
Some nifty emus
WinRAR (WinZip = ShitZip)
DOSBox
Visual Studio 2K3

 

[bjork]

AIM, IRC, Firefox, Winamp daily.

Other stuff infrequently: Paint Shop Pro, Divx, Office.

 

[DarienA]

Firefox
LogMeIn
VNC
Exodus
Yahoo IM
ICQ
AOL IM
Outlook 2000
Adobe Reader
Adobe Photoshop
Active Directory Users and Computers
Nero
Word
Excel
Access
Core FTP Lite
Gmail Notifier
Notepad

 

[cubicle47b]

Visual Studios .Net
SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager and Query Analyzer
Outlook
Mozilla Firefox
Gmail Notifier
Notepad
BancTrain (but only because I'm developing it)

 

[Doc Holliday]

Maya
Photoshop
Firefox
Itunes
Trillian
Winamp
Agent

 

[onion_pixy]

my PC

BitTorrent
Firefox
Trillian
Nero

Work Mac (OS9)
Pro Tools
DigiDelivery
Internet Explorer
Outlook Express
Fetch
File Maker Pro
dCode
Stuffit Expander

Powerbook
Firefox
Adium
BitTorrent
Toast
iPsp
VLC
Preview
Various iLife components

 

[Dilbert]

At home: Firefox, Thunderbird, Trillian, iTunes, ZoneAlarm

At work: Firefox, Lotus Notes, Lotus Sametime, Trillian, ZoneAlarm, Microsoft Office XP Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Altova XMLSpy, Internet Explorer (because our busted-ass intranet requires it most of the time), Cisco VPN Client (evenings/travel), Calculator

 

[shantyman]

Mac:

Safari
Mail.app
Quiksilver
iCal
iTunes
Apple Remote Desktop
NetNewsWire Lite
Word

 

[retardboy]

Firefox
IE
Outlook express
Trillian
WMP10
Notepad
ABC bittorrent
ActiveSync

 

[fallout]

Cool topic.

Always running:

KDE (my X window manager of choice)
KWeather (just runs in my toolbar, gives me weather updates)
Gaim (similar to Trillian)
PureFTPd (FTP server ... I find it better than the standard 'nix one)

Usually running:

BitTornado
XMMS (Winamp clone)
Firefox

Programs I use often:

The Gimp (similar to Photoshop)
KATE (advanced text editor for coding)
OpenOffice (office suite)
Xine (extremely functional media player)
RDesktop (remote desktop ... I like having access to programs used on the windows computers at school)
KBear (good graphical FTP program)
ssh (remote login to my CS account at school)

 

[Fragamemnon]

Firefox, an IM client, email client, a text editor, a *good* terminal emulator, and a media player for Air America.

Everything else is fluff.

 

[EdLuva]

Firefox
Outlook
Yahoo Messenger

 

[RedDwarf]

Firefox
Thunderbird
NewsLeecher
Winamp
WinSCP3 (ftp)

That's about it for every day use.

 

[Bauer Action Hour]

firefox
outlook
notepad
bittornado
ms excel

 

[FiRez]

-MirC UPP
-Azureus
-Qwix
-Firefox
-ISO Craxtion
-FlashFXP
-Thunderbird

 

[tedtropy]

Firefox and its many extensions
Winkey
Virtual Dub
Nero
Agent Newsreader
Outlook
ACDSee
Media Player Classic
AdMuncher
UltraVNC
Notepad

Probably some others I'm forgetting just because I'm so acustomed to using them...