10Jan/100
Essential free software for your netbook
- Microsoft Office Beta--Free office software until October.
- Microsoft Security Essentials--Free, well-reviewed anti-virus
- Firefox, of course. Don't forget adblock:
- Dropbox--To synchronize your files on all your computers; works amazingly
- OpenOffice-- Free, good, powerful, sinfully ugly word processor when the Office beta expires
- Microsoft desktop search--should have been shipped with XP.
Not properly essential, but still great:
- iTunes--because it's less awful than WMP and will work with your iPod, I think
- Evernote: a fantastic notebook and scrapbook app
- Zune theme--not as dorky as it sounds, and a damned sight better than the default XP theme.