Noticed just now that both illustrator and photoshop CS2 loads slower. Swatches, brushes and plugins are preloaded within the workspace. Well, just an observation.
CorelDraw - but it is for advanced users I think. Flash - very cool graphics tools. 3Ds Max - For designing 3D objects. ImageReady - For .gifs SwishMax - an alternative for flash presentation
Been using Photoshop and Illustrator since 1994. Have been dabbling in Corel and other apps a bit but PS and AI still the best 'couple' in my opinion!