Programs for my new computer

Rage85 · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:00

I'm getting a new computer next week so was wondering what are good free alternatives to the usual expensive stuff? I'll be downloading these but if you think there's something better out there then I'll give it a blast.

Google Chrome/Firefox
vlc media player
Spotify
Winamp
last.fm
z zip
itunes

Draeger · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:05

Avast Home for anti virus.

Imgburn is a free CD/DVD burner, excellent program :-

http://www.imgburn.com/

SPARC · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:11

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17701152

Plenty in there

SPARC · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:13

http://ninite.com/

Rather than going to download each program individually, that site creates an installer for you. All you do is pick what you want and download the .exe, run it and sit back

reflux · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:17

SPARC said:
http://ninite.com/

Rather than going to download each program individually, that site creates an installer for you. All you do is pick what you want and download the .exe, run it and sit back

Mega props to you sir; having to find, download and install all the various bits required to get a new install working correctly can be a proper ballache, thanks muchly for that, it will be very useful

SPARC · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:22

Yup, saves quite a bit of time.

Draeger · 3 Jan 2011 at 18:35

SPARC said:
http://ninite.com/

Rather than going to download each program individually, that site creates an installer for you. All you do is pick what you want and download the .exe, run it and sit back

That's awesome. Why have I not heard of this before?. Thanks for the heads-up. :cool:

SiriusB · 3 Jan 2011 at 20:14

I would go with Avira or MSE over Avast for free AV.

Other software you should only look for as you need it. No point in bloating your install with shiny things if you never use it!

Draeger · 3 Jan 2011 at 20:18

MSE I haven't tried but Avira for me at least, threw up far too many false positives for my liking. :cool:

marc2003 · 3 Jan 2011 at 20:25

Draeger said:
That's awesome. Why have I not heard of this before?. Thanks for the heads-up.

indeedy. that looks well handy.

rctneil · 3 Jan 2011 at 20:51

yes, deffo use MSE, fantastic little app.

Also, for archives, look at PeaZip, I tried it for the first time about a week ago on my new install, it's lightweight, free, easy to use and fast. Works perfectly.

and yes, agree with VLC, great app!

Bry · 3 Jan 2011 at 21:00

Jesus that webpage is very useful!