Lets make a list of those apps you cant go without!

Here's my list (in no particular order)

Firefox
AudiumX
Overflow
Transmission
NetNewsWire
AppZapper
1Password
Pacifist
KextHelper
Kavatunes (for gathering album art)
istat menu meters
Linkinus (IRC)
CPUTest (like prime95 for doz)
FolderTeint
BetterZip
Google Earth
WeatherDock
Unison
iTerm
Mplayer / VLC
LittleSnitch
Xbench
Candybar
Pathfinder
Quick Silver
Adobe Suite
QuarkXPres
Marvins Utility
Parallels
Roxio Toast Titanium

you should add roixo toast

Logic Pro 8

maya 2008
z-brush2
Whamp!
Vue6 infinite
photoshop CS3
Warcraft 3 Frozen throne ^_^

Which adobe suite are you referring to @ seren?

My guess would be CS3.

Oh, because there are specific variations like Premium, Creative, Master Suite, etc. =)

Yes I know ;)

Here is my small list again. :-)

I recommend & love the following applications:

Adobe Photoshop
BetterZip (great unpacking application)
CandyBar (skin your Mac, use MacThemes as a great resource)
Colloquy (best IRC client)
iLife & iWork
Little Snitch (must need)
OmniWeb (perfect Browser, I love it even more than Safari now!)
TextMate essential editor!
Transmit / Flow (as SCP/FTP Client, I prefer Transmit)

Have fun.

Some software I can suggest are iLife '08, Microsoft Office 2008, iWork '08, Adobe CS3 Master's Collection, Dragon Burn, Pacifist, and Toast Titanium 8.

Adobe CS 3 Design Premium
Adium
AppTrap
Cyberduck
BetterZip (with Rar installed)
Colloquy
DVD2oneX2
Fairmount
GrabUp
Growl
iLife 08
iWork 08
Little Snitch
Pacifist
Perian
Safari
TextMate
Toast 9
Transmission
Unison

as for the "Adobe Suite" i really didn't want to put all versions of the same software 0_o at least relativity he same

@ROUGE

If you use apptrap check hazel out it has that feature plus it can watch folders for specific rules and organize or label your files according to a pretty extensive set of rules.

mu commander ;-)

Xslimmer (slims your apps down, saving you space)
Monolingual (removes un-needed language support, giving you allot more space)
Handbrake (rips all copywrite dvd to MP4 format, many encodes)
MacTheRipper (rips all copywrite dvds. maintaining dvd format)
MacPAR deLuxe (rar files, par2)
Senuti (copy any ipod)
OnyX (system performance, maintenance)

My most used and beloved apps, nowadays :)

Photoshop
Mathematica
TextMate
Transmit

Interface Builder
XCode

butler: a nice small app laucher

it seems no one has suggested the infamous utility "AMD Software Update" by Zeph. :cool:

Quicksilver - it makes everything faster and more efficient.

Picasa
AppDelete
CheetahWatch

Probably because of Voodoo Kernel :) Yet still it`s great app :)

My list ( maybe not recommended but actually used and liked ) :

iWork '09
uTorrent
Photoshop
Adium
Guitar Pro 5
Reason 4
CoverFlow
Growl
QuickSilver
MenuMeters