Inspired by Paul Thurrott, I’ve thought I’d make a small list of the apps I use.

I switched away from Apple (see below) for several reasons (anti-Apple now), and now I’m using a Thinkpad X40 with Windows XP at home and a Dell Latitude D620, also with XP, for work. The following software is on both of them.

• Firefox with AdBlock Plus, NoScript, WebEx plugin, Download Statusbar, Fast Dial and the Delicious plugin
• Google Chrome (only for Gmail on my work laptop - set up as an application)
• Google Calendar Sync to sync my work calendar with my Google Calendar
• GIMP (rarely)
• DropBox
• Skype (for when travelling)

On my MacBook with standard 2006 specs except for 2 gigs of RAM (Kingston) and an 80 gig hard disk.

• Firefox with AdBlock Plus, Delicious plugin CustomizeGoogle, Download Statusbar, Google Gears, Greasemonkey (and a few scripts) and User Agent Switcher (cleaned up a bit since I first wrote this).
• Google Notifier (for checking my mails)
• Reader Notifier (for my RSS)
• Mozy (for backup)
• Adium X (for chat)
• NeoOffice (for writing/spreadsheet stuff)
• Parallels (for Windows development and playing with Solaris)
• Transmission (for (legal!) torrents)
• Quicksilver (for quick app starting - I never use the dock)

For the rest of my needs, I use the regular Mac stuff…