Iam a PC - Apps
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- benfal99
Ho hai! I sold my Mac... Iam now on a PC. Last time I own a PC was 6 or 7 years ago.
What are the essential and/or cool apps to own when you're on Windows?
thanks.
- ian0
Well you sold a pc and bought a different pc.
- he differentiated btwn Mac/Windows, and PC is acceptable as a term for non-mac stillmonospaced
- No. A Mac is still a PC. They just insisted on branding theirs.Mr_Mxyzptlk
- Wow, people are still having this debate?********
- seeessess0
xampp - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/… (for setting up php/mysql in one go)
vlc player - http://www.videolan.org/vlc/ (plays any type of video)
tversity - http://tversity.com/ (for streaming shit to your ps3/xbox/wii)
miro - http://www.mirovideoconverter.co…
- georgesIII0
- Microsoft defender
- benfal990
can i save as .doc in Open Office? And can i open Office files in Open office?
- seeessess0
primopdf - http://www.primopdf.com/index.as… (PDF Generator)
Notepad++ - http://notepad-plus-plus.org/dow…
Winmerge - http://sourceforge.net/projects/…
7zip - http://www.7-zip.org/ (like winzip, but better - and free)
- benfal990
I installed Avast! for the antivirus. Someone told me its one of the best free antivirus.
- don't install too many AV because they will conflict and give you false positivesgeorgesIII
- yep I love avast - was using AVG but prefer Avast - and doesnt slow ya system down like shite norton etcfadein11
- organicgrid0
Good luck with that benfal.
- ********0
Notepad++ if you're a coder:
notepad-plus.sourceforge.netDropbox.
http://db.tt/KL3MSo8Faststone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/ (great for batch editing images. Much faster than PS)
- TheBlueOne0
Sublime is kinda a neat code editor: http://www.sublimetext.com/
- ********0
If you're an Android user, Winamp with Wireless Sync.
- ********0
If you collaboratively edit code with people, Gobby is a great multi-user live text editor.
http://gobby.0x539.de/trac/
- ernexbcn0
Microsoft Security Essentials is the only one you need benfal99
Or at least that's what the PC freak friends I have suggest as the best thing ever.
- maikel0
have you considered a hackintosh?
there was a good thread on that
- mydo0
this is a pleasent surprise. I pro PC thread without really much hate in it at all. i'm very proud of you all.
thumbs up for avast.
I use pidgin instead of MSN
and don't forget you have the snipping tool built in!
- animatedgif0
GET THIS SHIT INSTALLED RIGHT NOW!
- HAHAAHAHernexbcn
- LOLbenfal99
- No longer alone...Mr_Mxyzptlk
- hahahahafugged
- hahaha.akrokdesign
- lolz********
- georgesIII0
I'm about to build a new beast soon, my machine is slowly dying and I don't want to spend for a mac,
petertosh it will be for me
- plash0
I just moved over to Win7 64bit and loving it.
this is my install.>> Everything. http://www.voidtools.com/
Locate files and folders by name instantly.
much better than the windows indexing, small file footprint and takes less system resources to index. I *love* this program!Server Environment:
>> localhost/ LAMP
XAMPP for 32bit - http://www.apachefriends.org/en/…WAMP for 64 bit (32bit XAMPP doesn't work well on 64 bit systems) so use WAMP: (Windows, Apache, mySQL, PHP) was a breeze to install. (and really only mySQL has a 64bit build) http://www.wampserver.com/en/ (FYI. default install does *not* set root passwords. make sure to lock that shit up)
AntiVir
>> Microsoft Security Essentials
http://www.microsoft.com/securit…Firewall
>> ZoneAlarm
http://www.zonealarm.com/securit…
i find it the best and easiest to use. (program control access for self moderated program access and ability to create ip zones for local networks)File Transfer Protocol
>> Filezilla FTP : http://filezilla-project.org/ i tried smartFTP for 64bit.. garbageCode Editor
>> PSPad http://www.pspad.com/
C++, Cobol, MS-Dos batch, CSS, Forth, Fortran, FoxPro, HTML, XHTML, INI, Inno Setup, Java, JavaScript, KixStart, Object Pascal, Perl, PHP, Python, RSS, SQL, TCL/TK, Unix ShellScript, VBScript, Visual Basic, X86 assembler and another +120 languages .. its freeware, has a built in ftp (saves directly to the web server) and a project bundler. cool stuff.Font Manager
>>FontExpert 2010 : http://www.proximasoftware.com/f…
enables you to preview and manage both installed and uninstalled typefaces.
has a bunch of other features. works great on win7 64bit. (runner up: http://www.extensis.com/en/produ…)and on the last notes.
VLC - a media player that reads everything! (including fla) http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
and VNC for remote desktop connections .. http://www.realvnc.com/
- plash0
Id like to add a few more to my list.
hard drive management
>> PerfectDisk. http://www.raxco.com/products/ho…
simply the best disk defrag software out there.I've scheduled my defrags to happen in the wee hours in the mornings. My machines still have the disk speed that i'd expect of them. If you keep your disk drives defragged proactively, you'll maintain the read speed that multi tera storage is requiring. ..Bit Torrent
>> µTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/
Small file size, customizable download folders and integrable antivir.and dont forget about all the useful tools Adobe Air has spawned.
* http://code.google.com/p/snippel…
code snippets /save bins* http://www.pixelwindowapp.com/
measurement tool* http://www.minitask.org/
todo list with save functions* http://www.getklok.com/
time tracking* http://toki-woki.net/p/WebKut/
cut & paste tool* http://www.nogginbox.co.uk/font-…
font previewer