Hardware:
MacBook Pro, 17" 2.66 i7 core
Seagate 500 GB 7200 RPM Apple factory drive - (had gone with Western Digital 1TB Scorpio Blue but fell out of love with lack of snappy performance (either by drive OR bloated 5 year upgraded OS... will find out when I can erase it and start over like I did with putting back my original hard drive and a brand new OS X 10.6 install.)
MemoryX.com 8gbs of RAM.
I have just about every app ever made, but this time with a fresh install of 10.6 I wanted to keep it as trim and light as possible.
List of (extra) apps:
Agile Web Solutions 1Password