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    Laptop software

    I'm getting a laptop later this month and I wanted to know about must-have software I'll have to put in it.

    I'm going to use it mostly for websearches, text writing and netsurfing, listening music.. common stuff

    don't just tell me to stuff all the crap inside it until it needs 10 minutes to reboot please


    your help is appreciated
    I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

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    Use whatever you use now. Firefox is a great web browser.
    Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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    • #3
      if you can, wipe it entirely and start from scratch, doing a fresh install of windows so you don't have all the OEM crap.

      Then, add in the drivers.

      For browsing, Firefox or Opera (i'd recommend firefox, even though personally, i prefer opera).

      For Writing, there's always gVim, but if you actually want a real wordprocessor, there's always Microsoft Word (my recommendation), or the free solutions of AbiWord and OpenOffice (I prefer AbiWord).

      One must-have app I've found is Microsoft OneNote. It's a program that at first you don't feel like you have much use for, but once you start using it, it's hard to let it go. Indeed, I've installed it on my desktop as well as my laptop--functioning much like a notebook, it constantly saves as you go on, has handwriting recognition and audio memo recording, to boot.

      Listening to music, I'd suggest using WinAmp. WMP is okay, but unless you have an iPod or are going places where people are sharing music over Bonjour, i'd avoid iTunes like the plague it is.
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      • #4
        Yea, use whatever you use now.

        But remember to have your antivirus and firewall software in place before connecting to the Internet

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        • #5
          i'd avoid iTunes like the plague it is.
          What's wrong with it? I use it and it works OK. Its a bit slopoke, however. And it crashes once in a while.
          Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy – Lessing

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            Yeah I'm actually starting from scratch, OS included
            I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

            Asher on molly bloom

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            • #7
              Winamp
              Microsoft OneNote
              Microsoft Office
              Microsoft Streets & Trips 2005 (http://www.microsoft.com/streets/default.mspx) -- only useful really if you drive a lot. I have a bluetooth GPS transponder and PocketStreets 2005 on the iPaq as well...it's a real-time map of where I am, and tells me where to go.


              "The issue is there are still many people out there that use religion as a crutch for bigotry and hate. Like Ben."
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              • #8
                Looking at my own laptop that has a very basic software configuration, this is what I'd load:

                - Office application (MS Office)
                - Internet applications: browser and email client (Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird), antivirus software (Antivir), and firewall (ZoneAlarm or Windows firewall)
                - Multimedia applications (foobar2000, codec pack)
                - Tools: (de)compression program (7-zip or WinRAR), Adobe Acrobat Reader

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by nostromo


                  What's wrong with it? I use it and it works OK. Its a bit slopoke, however. And it crashes once in a while.
                  No reason to use it if you don't have an iPod (though, Winamp now has a plugin that connects to your iPod device , so that reason's not as strong), no reason to use it unless you want to share with Bonjour.

                  Outside of those two things, iTunes is comparatively, like you said, slower, less stable, has a lousy interface without a stop button and lots of wasted space, is a memory hog, has a much more restricted set of plugins to choose from, doesn't have "queue this song next" feature with just a single kyeboard or mouse click...
                  B♭3

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                  • #10
                    I have a bluetooth GPS transponder
                    Me too with cellphone interface as well (I just love bluetooth)
                    I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

                    Asher on molly bloom

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