New macbook, what to install?

Hey guys, I am getting my macbook in seriously the next few hours from fedex...I was wondering, when I get it and power it up, what programs are essentials? like firefox/safari...other useful software
brian

Here is a list of the programs I find useful. The only one that is not needed is the ClamXav anti virus. I use it because I download stuff for my wife and she doesn't have a Mac yet.
Onyx
http://www.titanium.free.fr/pgs/english.html
NeoOffice
http://www.neooffice.org/neojava/en/index.php
WhatSize
http://www.id-design.com/Software/WhatSize/
FireFox
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/
MouseZoom
http://homepage.mac.com/bhines/mousezoom.html
Little Snitch
http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
SuperDuper
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
Stuffit Expander
http://www.stuffit-expander.com/stuffit-mac.html#expander
RAR expander
http://rarexpander.sourceforge.net/Downloads.html
ClamXav anti-virus
http://www.clamxav.com/
Cyberduck FTP
http://cyberduck.ch/
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