CS3 pretty much covers it for me now. my main programs are Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver and Indesign (and flash sometimes)
I like competition as much as the next consumer. but goddamnit, Adobe just makes quality programs! I was mucho happy when I heard about the purchase of Macromedia (as I have been using cf studio and dreamweaver for most if not all of my coding)
Honestly (and I don't want to divert this thread we can start an argument thread elsewhere) if your primary objective is to work on a computer (not build one, tinker or whathaveyou) spend the money, buy a mac (hell you don't even have to run OS X, but I bet you will) super solid computer, and I can get you any software you want
