I got a shiny new !MacBook Pro.

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== Safe Hex ==
 * [[http://www.truecrypt.org/|TrueCrypt]] for a virtual encrypted disk
   ''A place to keep all the passwords and account numbers that everyone requires.''

== Ubiquitous Tools ==
 * [[http://code.google.com/p/macvim/|macvim]]
   ''A better text editor than !TextEdit''
 * [[http://help.github.com/mac-git-installation/|Git]]

== Office ==
 * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Firefox]] web browser
  * FirefoxExtensions
    ''I've moved my profile with all my plugins & website signons over.  Also my bookmarks. (Two different steps)''
 * [[http://www.mozilla.org|Thunderbird]] email client
   ''I've been using this for years and have 8 email accounts, a highly tuned set of filters, and 3 gigs of saved messages. I moved my profile over from my XP laptop.''
 * [[http://openoffice.org|OpenOffice]] word processing, spreadsheet, etc.
   ''Because I've got a lot of Open Documents''
 * iWork word processing, spreadsheet, etc.
   ''Because it's the standard toolset.''

== Entertainment ==
=== Photos ===
 * [[http://www.gimp.org/|The Gimp]] ([[http://gimp.lisanet.de/Website/News/News.html|for OS-X]]) for editing images
=== Audio ===
 * [[http://cdexos.sourceforge.net/|CDex]] for ripping MP3s -- ''TBD''
 * [[http://audacity.sourceforge.net/|Audacity]] for recording and editing audio -- ''TBD''
=== Video ===
 * [[http://www.videolan.org/|VLC Media Player]] for audio/video playback
   ''Handles some videos that !QuickTime doesn't.''