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There’s been such a buzz recently on portable applications, if you might have noticed.

Well …… let’s first define portable applications or portable apps in short.

Portable apps allows you to run your favourites programs (program files) by merely using a thumbdrive or flash drive.

Which means, if you’re a designer and need to finish up your work by using other computer which does not have that particular program file such as Adobe Falsh Professional for example, you can have that program file in your thumbdrive and still have that particular application working in any computer.

There are some pros and cons regarding this however

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Being a more of a Windows based user, it is a rarity that I’m covering any MAC stuffs at all on my blog.

Not to undermine any MAC OsX users out there but it’s actually rare that that you see any users carrying a MACBook instead of a Windows based laptop.

Anyway, this is special MAC edition post that I’ve made today and I hope it will be useful for my MAC OsX visitors of this blog. This is a post on the “must have” and  ”good-to-have” applications for those who have MAC OsX on their laptops.

Do note that all the applications I have written below are all available free for download and use.

Let’s get started :-

1. SketchBOX  - This neat application allows you to insert notes to your desktop …. call it a “Note Manager”
2. Tudos - This is a dock expansion for you to store all of your applications.
3. iClockr -  A project and tasks management application.
4. OnyX/Deeper - This is utility tool that will maintain, optimize and personalize your MAC OsX.
5. EverSave - The tool that saves your work during crashes.
6. Burn - A burining application for MAC OSX.
7. AppCleaner -  A small application that allows you to throughly uninstall your unwanted applications.
8.  Carbon Copy Cloner -  A cloning, backup up and synchornize tool for your files.
9. SpotLook - A GUI for your desktop search.
10. Photobook - Facebook photo browser for MAC OsX.
11. FMenu - Facebook evenmt notifier.
12. TwitterPod - Twitter client for MAC OsX.
13. Adium -  Universal Internet Messaging Application
14. Cooloquy - Internet Chat Client.
15. NeoOffice - Office suite for MAC OsX
16. Thunderbird - E-mail application
17. Vienna - RSS/Atom Newsreader
18. Skim - PDF Reader and Note -Taker.
19. iStumbler - Utility to detect Wi-Fi signals.
20. Classic FTP - An easy to use FTP client
21. Firefox 3 - Web browser.
22. Camino - Web browser.
23. Opera - Web browser.
24. Audacity - Sound and audio editing software.
25. QLab - Control audio, video and MIDI 
26. Ultramixer - Professional DJ Software 
27. SimpleSynth - Plug in your MIDI keyboard and play.
28. VLC Media Player - Multimedia player
29. Real Player - Real player for MAC OsX.
30. Jing - Captures images and records video.
31. Frame By Frame - Stop motion movie creation application.
32. Sweet Home 3D - Interior design application software.
33. Blender - 3D content creator software.
34. GIMP - A photoshop alternative and image editor.
35. 7zX - Compression archiever. 
36. UnRarX - Uncompressed RAR files.
37. Perian - Adds all popular video formats for Quicktime.
38. Handbrake - DVD to Mpeg-4 converter
39. Senuti - Transfer iPod songs back to your iMac or MacBook.

This is the list that I can think of at the moment. If you have better suggestions … drop a comment on to this post and share it on this blog.

Hope this lists is sufficient for your needs …. till next post ….

This is the confusing part whenever a newbie approaches me for advice on getting a new notebook.

Though most of you understand the difference between a Microsoft Windows operating system and Microsoft Office, there are still a minority which still finds this rather misleading.

How come?

I was approached recently by a friend of mine who wanted to buy a new Dell Inspirion notebook computer. As per normal, he asked me for my opinions on the notebook and other technical stuffs like battery life, etc.

But what surprised me is that, he keep mentioning MS Excel, Words and Powerpoint when I looked at the bundled offer there isn’t any. Microsoft Works was not even in the bundled!

After a while I understand that he was confused about the Windows and Office products.

Seems both are products by Microsoft, there are a few users whom may think it is always a bundled.

Microsoft has separated Windows (Operating System) and Office (document, spreadsheet and presentation) and this ain’t something new.

I believed Dell might have include a 30 day trial in the package, though it is not written in the newspaper article showed to me by my friend.

Anyway for new users out there whom might still be getting a new notebook for the coming new year always remember that Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office are two different products completely.

Your notebook computer manufacturer will always (most of the time) bundled you with the operating system but not necessarily the Office applications software.

But if you want a free and open source version of Office, you can always download OpenOffice.org .

I’ve been receiving several e-mails from friends and users alike telling me that I’ve not covering enough contents for Windows XP.

Yes, Vista is the so-called current “HOT” operating system at the moment ….. but I believe majority of the users out there are still using their Windows XP operating system on their notebook.

This is the first of many new posts of pertaining optimizing your Windows XP notebook and I hope it will be beneficial to all.

Here are 2 tools which you might it useful addition to speed up your notebook.

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There are certain things to note when you are using your notebook on batteries.

Especially when it comes to using notebook on batteries, I believe notebook users alike are having the same problem of fast battery consumption (myself included).

I’ve been tweaking around lately and I think I should write this post to share with those who might be having the same problem like me and most importantly how to overcome it.

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Well though it seems like a silly question, I believe they are minority of them wanting to upgrade.

Well Microsoft Vista is a good OS; though as much I prefer Windows XP for customizability.

I think it is important that I share these facts so as nobody would make the wrong move before moving to the “Vista ship”. Here are some important facts which you need to take note before upgrading your current Operating System of your notebook to Windows Vista.

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Almost half of the world communities are getting a notebook, I believed it has become an essential need to mankind nowadays.

To have a notebook is an enjoyment but I believed nobody wants their privacy be leaked.

That is why I strongly believed that a notebook security is a Must!

I’ve been visiting some friends lately and most are asking me the same question, “How to do?”

That’s is why I am creating this

post to clear any doubts that any users might have in their aim to have not only a fun, lightweight, nicely designed, fast notebook but an unbreakable one too.

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