Below is a list of the software I use. I use a MacBook Pro, travel often so like having the laptop. In the studio have two Mac design workstations and an office computer.
Design:
Sketchup – Free, 3D drawing software
Tux Paint – Free, Great for doing a quick sketches
VectorWorks – Drafting
Photoshop – Image Editing
Illustrator – Drawing software
Project Management
Gantt Project – Free, Wonderful for creating quick schedules
Microsoft Project – Use to create more detailed schedules
Presentations
Open Office – Free and Open Source office suite, use when can’t open a document in Microsoft Word or Excel
Pages – Better for writing documents than Microsoft Word
Keynote – The best for making presentations
iMovie – Creating movies
Inspiration – Use to create bubble diagrams
Microsoft Office – Microsoft Word and Excel
iphoto – Organizing photos
Office
Firefox – Free, Web Browser
Daylite – Customer Relationship Management, I have tried others keep coming back
Palm Desktop – Free, Contact Database
itunes – Listening to music while I work
Skype – International calling and chat
XStreamRipper – Free, Use to record my favorite Internet radio programs
Apple Mail – Email
Quickbooks – Use for accounting
Parallels – Use so I can run Microsoft Project on a Mac
Plaxo – Free, Use to remember birthdays
Whatsize – Gives you an idea of how your hard drive is being used
Super Dupper! – Great program makes a copy of your hard drive as a back up
Backblaze – Online back up of all files
Disk Inventory – Free, A visual of your hard drive use