Getting Rid of Un-Used Factory Software

Hi,
First off thank you so much to everyone who took the time to answer my questions regarding running Oblivion with boot camp on my MBP. Here is my finaly questions for the night.
Q. Are there any common programs that come pre-installed on a MBP that a normal / basic user deletes to gain more space on the hardrive?
Q. To Uninstall an application do you just drag and drop the program to the trsh from the application folder?
Thanks again!
John

Incidentally, iWork '06 (two programs) is 1.85GB; Microsoft Office 2004 (four programs + extras) is 500MB.
iWeb is 630MB, and GarageBand/iDVD are about 1.5GB each.
Anything you don't need, you could always chuck onto a DVD or external hard disk just in case. Biggest app I have installed is World of Warcraft (5.2GB). You can also get rid of things like old iPod software updates (50-100MB each) - once they're installed, you won't need them again. I recommend using OmniDiskSweeper to poke around your HD to see what there is - if in doubt, I'm sure someone on these forums can tell you whether or not something is safe to delete. Blank DVDs are cheap, and if you back stuff up onto them before deleting you should be OK.

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