BootCD is a Cocoa app that creates a disk image that can be used to burn a MacOS X boot CD with a working Finder and Dock on it. This utility is unfinished and still has some flaws, but works. The current version works much better than previous versions, and includes the ability to run Drive10 and other utilities, although Norton does not yet work from the CD.

Pros: Finally, a working boot CD with all of your favorite utility apps! This is a life-saver for anyone who has to fix computers on a regular basis.

Cons: BootCD is not compatible with MacOS X 10.4 (“Tiger”).

Conversation makes chatting on the IRC network as easy as using iChat and other IM clients. Conversation allows you to chat in channels and with your friends in a simple, elegant and Mac-like interface without the use of any text commands, and it has a comprehensive set of features, some unique to Conversation.

Pros: Conversation is simple, intuitive, and easy to use. I generally don’t like to use IRC, but when I have to, this application pulls it off nicely.

Cons: Conversation is slightly unstable, but you won’t lose anything during a crash with this app.