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Windows Programs you can't live without.

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Mulder, Jul 26, 2005.

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  1. Mulder

    Mulder Member

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    Alas,

    A curse has befallen me and I am again at the mercy of Bill Gates and his evil operating system. (Windows XP which, by the way, is not that bad...)

    Anyway, I bought a T42 Thinkpad for law school and I love it. What a machine! I have all the poker programs loaded but was wondering what programs I should also get for my new laptop. Commercial, Shareware, Freeware. I'd like to get you windows people to give me suggestions on programs I should be loading on my new baby.


    Thanks in advance.
     
    #1 Mulder, Jul 26, 2005
  2. CBrownFanClub

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    Virtual PC 7 is nice.
     
    #2 CBrownFanClub, Jul 26, 2005
  3. Davidoff

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    Nice choice on the IBM...

    Winamp

    Gimpshop

    mIRC

    Trillian (if your into that type of thing)

    BitTorrent (or clones)

    CuteFTP

    Firefox

    DTsearch
     
    #3 Davidoff, Jul 26, 2005
  4. Jeff

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    I can live without Windows. Does that count? :D
     
    #4 Jeff, Jul 26, 2005
  5. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    Well, what programs do you have on your desktop? Usually people "need" to have certain programs. I suggest those. lol.
     
    #5 Dr of Dunk, Jul 26, 2005
  6. Dr of Dunk

    Dr of Dunk Clutch Crew

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    You must be a Mac user. :D
     
    #6 Dr of Dunk, Jul 26, 2005
  7. Jeff

    Jeff Clutch Crew

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    I'll play nice and list my favorite PROGRAMS even though I'm on a Mac...

    Firefox
    Entourage
    Adium
    iTunes
    Photoshop
    Dreamweaver
    Text Edit
    Transmit
    Word
    Acrobat
    Quicken
    QuickBooks
    Retrospect
    Snapz Pro X
    Acrobat

    I would say I use virtually all of those on a daily basis.
     
    #7 Jeff, Jul 26, 2005
  8. dragonsnake

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    Get google earth, best map out there.
     
    #8 dragonsnake, Jul 26, 2005
  9. KingCheetah

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    Whatever you do don't get CoolWebSearch ~ it's really not cool at all.
     
    #9 KingCheetah, Jul 26, 2005
  10. AroundTheWorld

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    Trillian
     
    #10 AroundTheWorld, Jul 26, 2005
  11. SwoLy-D

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    #11 SwoLy-D, Jul 26, 2005
  12. yobod

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    I use windows to play games and watch movies, tvshows, etc. Everything else is done in Linux :D
     
    #12 yobod, Jul 26, 2005
  13. swilkins

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    I just installed this and it totally kicks ass.
     
    #13 swilkins, Jul 26, 2005
  14. a-rock

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    not actually a program... task manager - i really can´t live without it...
     
    #14 a-rock, Jul 26, 2005
  15. MR. MEOWGI

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    Nothing beats ctfmon.exe
     
    #15 MR. MEOWGI, Jul 26, 2005
  16. Rocketeer

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    Photoshop
     
    #16 Rocketeer, Jul 26, 2005
  17. Invisible Fan

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    Getright...on a 56k.
    VLC Player
    Windows Media Classic, with Real Alternative codec.
    Nero Burning Rom
     
    #17 Invisible Fan, Jul 26, 2005
  18. amed

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    Ares. p2p file sharing
     
    #18 amed, Jul 26, 2005
  19. lpbman

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    yep it's awesome only took me an hour to get rid of that crap
     
    #19 lpbman, Jul 26, 2005
  20. SwoLy-D

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    ok, ok... Notepad.
     
    #20 SwoLy-D, Jul 26, 2005
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