Switching From Snow Leopard To Windows 7?

Mar 4, 2011

i have made the jump from mac osx which i have used since windows 98 second edition!) as a result i am behind quite a bit and wanted to know recommended apps for general productivity and pc use.

here are my system specs
i7-870
gigabyte p55 ud3
4gb corsair dominator ddr3 1333
sapphire radeon 4870 1gb
1tb samsung spinpoint f3
(going to purchase a vertex 3 ssd when i becomes available for the sata 6)
ultra 600 watt psu
haf-x case

im moving up from a 2ghz core due macbook white so i am making a big upgrade

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