I recently purchased a MacBook Pro.  I won't give any first impressions because there are plently of those out there and they all make two points:
  1. The hardware specs are great
  2. The Core Duo makes this one toasty little machine
Now to the point of this article...with new hardware features (namely SMS, the x86 architecture and  backlit keyboard) I've been downloading a lot of software and will list it here:

  • MacSaber - turns your MBP into a Jedi weapon via the SMS and keyboard backlights
    • Shaking a laptop around vigorously is always a bad idea...but if it makes light saber noises...

  • Fink - install all of your favorite *NIX apps on your mac using apt (make sure to use the Intel installer)

  • Azureus Java BitTorrent Client - Universal Binary version

  • iSpazz - virtualization plugin for iTunes that uses your keyboard and screen backlights
    • A fun way to show off those pretty backlights but probably not a good idea to use often

  • Mac Guides: Universal Binary Games - collection of games with Universal Binaries
    • It's dissapointing how many games don't run well but if you're a gamer you've probably already installed Boot Camp, haven't you?

  • Parallels Desktop for Mac - virtual machine software for Mac
    • I'm not running Visual Studio...but everything else seems to run great (Outlook, IE, Trillian, etc.)

  • AntiRSI -  reminds you to take breaks in order to ward off RSI

  • iStatPro - if you're running apps like Parallels you'll want this to monitor system performance from your Dashboard

  • k-notes Widget - stickies for your Dashboard

That's all for now.