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A bought a MacUpdate Holiday Bundle for Mac OS X. There are 10 applications in the bundle plus I got one additional because I was among the first 5000 buyers (now extended to 10000 buyers).

10 bundled applications:
- KeyCue
- MacPilot
- What Size
- iVolume
- RapidWeaver
- LittleSnitch
- MacGourmet Deluxe
- VirusBarrier X5
- Drive Genius
- Default Folder X

Additional app:
- iDive

Quicksilver is an another application I like a lot.

Some words had been said here (via MacMegasite).

I ordered Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos from the Blizzard online store.
I created first a Blizzard account, then ordered the game and payed with my credit card. Everything went fast.

I chose the digital download over the retail version. What is the plus of the digital download? You can download the game to every machine you are using without breaking the copyright laws. I think with this Blizzard chose the best direction it could.

I know that Warcraft is an old game, but I like a lot. And 19,99 $ (12 EUR) is not that much for an old game.

Update (July 13, 2008): patch 1.22a for Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne is out.

I finally got my new iMac. Yes, I switched. It is the 24″ iMac with Nvidia Geforce 8800GS. I already made some benchmarks with Xbench in Geekbench. I will publish them later.

I must say I like the alu keyboard. The machine is very silent. I didn’t notice any problems with the panel (I ordered my iMac with pixel check).

I didn’t upgrade Mac OS X to 10.5.3. I will make more benchmarks with 10.5.2 first. I know that the drivers for 8800GS aren’t perfect, but I hope that Apple will change that.

The screen IS huge. I like it a lot. Ok, there is some issue with the brightness, but that isn’t a big deal.

My must-have applications: iStat menus, X-Chat Aqua, Adium, Growl, NetNewsWire.

Screenshots and pictures will follow. And benchmarks, too.