What are you running in the background?

[adrian]

I thought I'd make a thread about how many programs people are currently running on their computer.

Here's my list for tonight:
Firefox (with 3 tabs)
GTA:SA
GTA:SA control center
ad muncher
NOD32
Webroot's spysweeper
rainlendar

EDIT: A few moments after I made this thread, my computer restarted. I guess its revenge for using it to look for a laptop :eek: (and the last thing I need is someone to say "OWN3D!!")

[1stwahine]

Well Doc, If I missed any you list it! ;) :confused:

NOD32

ZoneAlarm

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Gmail

Auntie Lynn

[shaveice]

i'm familiar with all the programs you've listed except one: auntie lynn! where can i download it??? :D

[1stwahine]

Eh, no ack! :p hahahahahaha! You funny Shaveice!

Auntie Lynn ;)

[kimo55]

yea, me too!


I agree!

[Glen Miyashiro]

Firefox
Netscape Browser
Winamp
iTunes
Acrobat Reader
BitTorrent
Kazaa Lite K++
yProxy
Microsoft AntiSpyware
Norton AntiVirus

[kimo55]

safari is about all I can run with HT in the background when i am runnin Final Cut Pro, being so ram intensive.

[mel]

Mac OSX 10.3.9 on my Power Mac G4


Pagespinner 4.5
Eudora 5.x
iTunes 4.9
AppleWorks 6.2
Text-Edit Plus
Acrobat Reader
Terminal
Printer SetUp Utility
Preview
SnapDrag
BBEdit Lite 6.1
Fetch 4.03
TextEdit
Palm Desktop
Skype
Firefox
AbiWord
Quicktime Player
RapidWeaver
AddressBook
Image Capture
MacOS9 Classic Environment
Adobe Photoshop 5



Several other apps laying dormant and not in use. Safari is the browser I'm typing this from.

[pzarquon]

Firefox in the foreground, of course, with Finder (does that count?), Dashboard, Mail, iTunes, and Skype running in the background. Sometimes I'll have iChat going. I boosted the RAM on this Mac to 2GB, but even with all that room I try not to have too much running at the same time.

On my PC, I would have easily six or seven programs running by default, not counting close to a dozen services and other oddities in the system tray (usually programs that I couldn't set to suppress their tray icons). Mac live makes me want to run more frugally, I guess.

[mel]

Firefox in the foreground, of course, with Finder

I often forget about the finder since it's always there. But I would say that counts too. Keeps everything organized. You are lucky to have a G5 that can push to 2gigs or more of RAM. I have my G4 to near capacity at 1.12 GB. That said, it seems to run very smoothly even with all these applications open... though I have to admit, they are not memory hogs like Final Cut Pro (which I don't have).

[zztype]

Finder
Safari
Eudora
Mail
SpamSieve
Terminal
PageSentry
iTunes
iTunes Watcher
SlashDock

[scrivener]

I try not to have too many things going at once, too, since I try to be a good network citizen. However, I normally have:

Finder
Safari
Dashboard
Fetch
Skype
iTunes
MS Word (I go to it so often, I find it's efficient just to leave it open)

On my PC, there are a lot more with names I don't always comprehend. I'm just not fond of Windows.

[Jonah K]

On my PowerBook G4, I'm running the following:

Finder
Safari
Virtual PC (w/ZipCat Pro & Quicken Premier Home & Business 2006)
iCal
iTunes
Address Book
EarthDesk
TimePalette
WeatherPop
Temperature Monitor
JEDict
FileMaker Pro
MS Entourage
MS Excel
MS Word

[mel]

On my PC, there are a lot more with names I don't always comprehend. I'm just not fond of Windows.

I have to use one of these things at work and I feel the same way about Windoze.

[1stwahine]

Well Doc, If I missed any you list it! ;) :confused:

NOD32

ZoneAlarm

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Gmail

Auntie Lynn

Yippee! Doc/Adrian re-installed my FireFox again. So I'm back using that. I hate using IE. He'll be coming to install my DSL in a few days. Hmmmm...Computa Monsta will be released to tackle the world! Joke, Joke. No, get nerjous! :eek:

[kupomog]

AOL 9.0 SE
IE
Windows Media Player 10
ObjectDock + weather/clock docklets
Rainlendar
McAfee Virus Scan
WhatPulse
Azureus
Limewire 4.9.80
Adobe Photoshop CS

Azureus only running because I'm trying to fix this constant "NAT problem" business.

[Pua'i Mana'o]

Mac OSX 10.3.9 on my Power Mac G4


Pagespinner 4.5
Eudora 5.x
iTunes 4.9
AppleWorks 6.2
Text-Edit Plus
Acrobat Reader
Terminal
Printer SetUp Utility
Preview
SnapDrag
BBEdit Lite 6.1
Fetch 4.03
TextEdit
Palm Desktop
Skype
Firefox
AbiWord
Quicktime Player
RapidWeaver
AddressBook
Image Capture
MacOS9 Classic Environment
Adobe Photoshop 5



Several other apps laying dormant and not in use. Safari is the browser I'm typing this from.


{{pacing to and fro, dragging knuckles on cage floor while drooling ferally at this list}}

[craigwatanabe]

I try to not run anything unnecessary in the background so my computer can run optimally so my system tray is rather uncluttered, but here are the essentials I do run:

Windows XP Professional
AVG anti-virus
Ad-Aware 1.06
Various hardware drivers necessary to run my laptop
And that damned toilet that's in our bedroom!!!! :eek: