Today UPS called me and I paid the customs GST amount so everything is on track.  Now I decided to download some freeware and update software so I can just install it one by one and do a full system backup immediately after I open the box (of my new Alienware computer).  Here is a list of useful software I intend to stick on it.

Outertech's get diz 4.7 - great freeware text viewer that displays nfo files.  U know what those are for, right?
http://outertech.de/
if you need to generate music nfo files
http://nfobuilder.com/music/

Klite codec pack (mega + 64bit) & Videolan VLC Player
http://www.codecguide.com/download_kl.htm
and then update it

http://www.download.hr/download-k-lite-codec-pack-update.html

Foobar2000 to play music including high quality flac
http://www.foobar2000.org/download

Qdir 64bit version (its a 4 pane file manager) - the best of its kind :)
http://www.softwareok.com/?Freeware

Gadwin printscreen 4.7
http://www.gadwin.com/printscreen/

for Browsers I will install both google chrome and firefox.

I hate installing useless crap but I only have my old n95 which I have used for over 5 years believe it or not....so I need to back up regularly.  If I get enough credit card points to get iphone 5 two years later, I guess that is what my goal is ha ha
Nokia Suite v3.5.34 Stable 
14-Aug-2012

http://nds1.nokia.com/files/support/global/phones/software/Nokia_Suite_webinstaller_ALL.exe

and some other paid appz to install include:
winrar 4.xx
M$ office 2007 (I hate the office 2010 because the keys to copy/cut and paste involve extra commands whereas good old office 2007 is still ctrl+c/ctrl+X & then Ctrl+v)
Adobe photoshop cs6 (it will be interesting to see if it will load faster as on i72630qm GT540m 4gb ddr3, it takes at least 15seconds to fully start up to a usable state, where I sit staring at the logo)
Resume maker professional
Tree Size Professional
UltraISO including the drive emulator
Splash pro ex (I use this to play movies)

These ones will install and run once and uninstall just to test system :)
3DMark Vantage Professional 1.1.0.0
3DMark.11.Pro.v1.0.2
PCMark 7 v1.0.4 Win7
CrystalDiskMark 3.0 (this tests ssd speeds, I got a Crucial 256gb ssd)
http://crystalmark.info/software/CrystalDiskMark/index-e.html
if u need help,this thread has some
http://forum.notebookreview.com/asus-gaming-notebook-forum/599323-whats-good-ssd-read-write-speed-test-prog.html


I was wondering if the Alienware will have faster sd card writing speed because my Acer maxed out at 6mb/s whereas the SDcard I was using was a Sandisk ultra class 6 sdxc advertised 30mb/s, so after a bit of googling, it is the card itself that is the bottleneck and I think based on my cursory glance, the 30mb/s is the maximum reading speed and 6mb/s is all you can get for write speed (feel free to correct me on this one lol)
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/05/27/quick-look-sandisk-64gb-microsdxc-ultra-high-speed-card-a-fitting-name/
but then this article seems to suggest otherwise so I will test with alienware when I get it.
http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-sd-card/

I wont bother installing any temperature test software as I dont want to shorten the gtx 680m's life lol, u can read about temperatures at my fav notebook site http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-GTX-680M.72679.0.html
or here
http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=877&Itemid=72&limit=1&limitstart=13
"While NVIDIA should be proud of updating their product line with the fastest graphics processor on the planet, I'm happy they also made it one of the most quiet-running flagship video cards ever tested."

Portable apps I will run to check the system:

TechPowerUp GPU-Z v0.6.3 w/ ASUS ROG Skin (to see info about graphics card)
http://www.techpowerup.com/downloads/SysInfo/GPU-Z/


HWiNFO64 v4.02-1700
http://www.hwinfo.com/download64.html

GPU Caps Viewer 1.17.0 with OpenGL 4.3 Support
http://www.geeks3d.com/20120807/gpu-caps-viewer-1-17-0-with-opengl-4-3-support/

SimpleSysInfo v3.0

Portable:
http://www.wieldraaijer.nl/download/SimpleSysInfo/SimpleSysInfo.exe

There are a few useful apps in the portable nirsoft package.  Note if you have antivirus, it will go crazy, but as you know antivirus is always false positives.

My favorite is the search my files tool.  It lets you easily find and delete duplicate files.

Portable:
http://download.nirsoft.net/nirsoft_package_1.15.10.zip