I'm planning on kicking my computer to the curb...well...actually, I'm kicking it to my husband (the computer that is) and he's kicking his computer to the curb. It's about time that I replace my desktop, and so begins the task of making sure all my essential programs get installed on the new beast. So what are my essentials? Here they are (in no particular order):
- Legacy Family Tree - genealogy software
- Microsoft Office - Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, and Excel
- Adobe CS4 (especially InDesign and Photoshop!) - their creativity suite
- Photodex's ProShow Producer - for creating slide shows
- Techsmith's Camtasia Studio - screen recording software
- Corel's Paint Shop Pro X2 - photo editing software
- GreenLife Emerald Viewer - viewer for Second Life
- LogMeIn - remote computer access software
- Evernote - note taking and web page clipping software
- Picasa - Google's free image editing software
- Transcript - view an image & transcribe it at the same time
- Screenshot Captor - software for capturing and annotating screen shots
- IrfanView - image viewer and editor
- ImgBurn - DVD burning software
- 7-Zip - compresses and uncompresses .zip and .rar files
- BookCat - book cataloging software
- CoffeeCup HTML Editor - web design software
- FastStone Viewer - another image browser and editor
- FileZilla FTP Client - file uploading software
- Audacity - digital audio editor
- Internet Explorer - internet browser
- Firefox - internet browser
Of course, I have to backup my contacts and favorites, and install the software for my printers, and scanner. See what I mean...breaking up (with your computer) is very hard to do. But then I think of the one I'm planning to buy...8GB ram, 1T hard drive, etc., etc. Maybe breaking up isn't so hard after all!
Hmmmm...have I forgotten anything? I'll have to double and triple check my list. Anyone out there have any "essential" software? What are your must haves?
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There are some tech tools I highly recommend:
AVG Free Anti Virus
MRU Blaster (to keep your "back end" clean)
CCleaner (another great cleaning tool)
Evernote (lets you capture almost anything in notebooks)
Dropbox (up to 2GB free data synched to more than one computer)
I could not live without these!
Tom...thanks for reminding me that I left all my anti-virus, firewall and spyware programs off the list.
OK...this is why I knew I would have to double and triple check things. Thanks again!
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