heh. I may as well weigh in.... Browser: FireFox 1.5 loaded with extensions, most notably adblock, flashblock , Noscript, FasterFox, RIP and Mr. Tech. email: gmail torrent: what else? audio: foobar 0.83 special FTW video: WMP10, I dont use it much, hence no search for a replacement. voip: Ventrilo, dont do the IM thing IRC: vanilla IRC with Invision script (old friend) Imaging: Photoshop CS2 Image mounting: Elby Virtual Clone Drive (small and simple, all u need) Image burning: imgburn, DiscJuggler, Nero text: Editplus 2.20 (been using it a LONG time and am just used to it) File Manager: Directory Opus 8.1.0.2 Archiving: Winrar 3.51 Firewall/Antivirus: Bitdefender 9 Antispyware: Spybot, Spywareblaster, Adaware FTP Client: CuteFTP Pro 7 FTP server: BulletproofFTP 2.4.0.31 Screen Capture: Snagit 7.12 Defrag: Diskeeper but I just discovered mst defrag and I LIKE it!! PDF: Foxit reader Microsoft Office A lot of these I have been using for years and am too lazy to change and for the poster that wanted to laugh at what some of us are using....it aint that serious.....really....it aint.....