Ah, as a mac convert of three years (does that make me sound like I just stood up at an AA meeting, "Hi my name's... and I'm a mac convert". Anyhoo... as a mac convert, I can name a few apps that vary from Uber cool to pretty cool: Toast - a must have for DVD / CD burning, it can do converts to Div x as well (it's not freeware, but cheap and well worth it) VLC - It's a video and audio player (free) DivX - Codec pack (a must have for people using quick time) get the free pack Flip for Mac - Windows media player for mac, freeware Witch - Allows you to do an alt + tab style feature that you get with Windows, only miles better (a draw back with the apple key + tab function is that it doesn't show each instance of the window, witch allows you to do that) Startup Sound - To mute the start up bong which can annoy people to death, mutes the sound but not your laptop Growl - a notification tool which is quite handy, but can be a little fiddly to set up Little Snitch - an additional firewall app, if you don't feel the inbuilt Mac tool is good enough (you have to pay for this) Adium - Chat client for all the fav chat formats (although I hear on the grapevine... i.e. their website... that Trillian are going to do a Mac client.. w00t!!) (Freeware) Coverscout - Plug in for iTunes that scouts Amazon and the web for all your missing album covers, not free but totally worth it. Chicken of the VNC - VNC application (for you lazy gits like me) Instant Shoot - Screen capture software (for screen shots, very cool little tool) Freeware (I think) PopChar - Like character map in Windows, very useful as I can never remember the control key to get a hash symbol Transmit - Best FTP tool for the mac by a long shot, not free but worth buying Speed Download - Useful download manager, but not free, I like it but it's a personal choice iView Media Pro - Not free but it's a step up from iPhoto, which is a great basic app, but it's missing some functionality I find. If you're a Safari user as opposed to a Firefox user, check out Pimp My Safari website, it's full of very handy plugins. Right, got to go do some packing, hope this helps.