I’d heard about the virtues of using Path Finder over the stock Finder on Macs numerous times in podcasts, blog posts and forum discussions, but had always felt that the $39.95 asking price was a little too rich for my blood.

Well, it’s now included in the MacUpdate 2009 Winter Promo Bundle. $49.99 buys you the bundle, which has a ton (well, 11 in total) of other cool apps too.

Three additional pieces of software are thrown in for the first 10,000 buyers.

Here’s the receipt emailed to me.

I’ve saved quite a bit of spending money since 2007 (when I bought my first Mac, a 20-inch iMac), by holding out for these promotions.

And this is a screenshot of the MUPromo Holiday Bundle 2009 installation DMG.

Here’s the full list of programs / utilities that’s bundled into the promo

Path Finder – from Cocoatech. Read Macworld’s Path Finder review.

Speed Download – from Yazsoft. Read ThinkMac’s Review: Speed Download – Mac OS X Download Manager.

Socialite – from Real Mac Software. Read Socialite 1.0 Arrives: Powerful Social Media Aggregator for Mac.

HealthNut – from Conceited Software.

Yep – from Ironic Software. Read Cult of Mac favorite: Yep (Mac OS X app).

PCalc – “… a fully featured scientific calculator for Mac OS X with support for hexadecimal, octal and binary calculations, as well as an RPN mode, parentheses, programmable functions, and an extensive set of unit conversions. A Dashboard Widget is also included with the main application.”

Radio Gaga – from GagaFactory. Read TUAW’s Radio Gaga, music lovers’ new best friend.
Side note: This is one example of how these promos can be of benefit to the participating companies. I’d never heard of GagaFactory before, but when I went to their site, I came across another cool piece of software (it’s free, and I’m downloading the software as I type this) from them: GagaMarkets – The first real-time visual stock market index monitor for Mac.

Machinarium – from Amanita Design. Demo.

GarageSale – from iwascoding.com. Read Pocket Lint’s GarageSale – Mac review – Fed up with eBay? This could be the solution….

iRip – from The Little App Factory:

Has your computer broken? Does your iPod contain the only copy of your valuable music, movies, and TV shows? Never fear, iRip will automatically recover everything.

DragThing – Read NoodleMac’s Why DragThing is the best Mac file launcher.

If you’re among the first 10,000 purchasers, you’ll get the following, additional stuff

PowerTunes – from Fat Cat Software. Read TUAW’s Take command of iTunes with PowerTunes and Macworld’s PowerTunes organizes multiple iTunes libraries.

Holiday DVD Templates – from Eye Scream Factory.

FlagIt! – from Tasty Apps.