FTP: Transmit ($)
Archives: BetterZip ($)
Movie Playback: MPlayer OSX Extended (Free)
Secure Items (passwords, CC, banking, etc.): 1Password ($)
Text Editing: Text Wrangler (Free)

Those are some of the programs I use the most in fact.

Plus what Tom said.
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Bruno
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