Q&A: What programs should I get on my new laptop for college?
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Question by CR: What programs should I get on my new laptop for college?
Hi all, I just got a new Dell Latitude e6410 for college and it came with McAfee Virus/Spyware/Firewall safeguard for 2 years as well as microsoft personnel 2007 and a built-in integrated webcam. I am wondering what other programs I should download. Any suggestions are salutation, whether it is for college/teach work or just entertainment/music/video, etc.
Thankfulness!
Best answer:
Answer by Ryan
Download latest java because some programs and websites need latest java.
Download latest flash, same reason for java.
As far as web browsers, choose your pick. Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, etc.
I would go with Firefox and Google Chrome since I use it the most and find those 2 better at showing pages quicker and better customization with extensions and add-ons.
Download more stuff that you will need. If you are a graphics person, get photoshop.
If you are a programmer developer, get eclipse / netbeans / whatever.
If you are a musician, get FL Studio 9. If you are a video editor, Get latest version of Windows Movie maker or pay for adobe first performance pro / closing cut studio / whatever.
Download.com has a lot of stuff.
Adobe has some useful products.
Google.com is always an option
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Some of the other programs that you should download should be a uTorrent or one of its clones, for downloading of movies and other large files quickly.
Skype so you can webcam for free with anyone in the planet. If you get your parents or significant other to download skype you can talk anywhere your notebook can get on the internet.
VLC media player, this most recent update of this program will play any downloaded media file, its very robust. If you get the movie from your friends or from their favorite movie site, its a safe bet that VLC will play it. This program makes the windows media player look silly.
If you are a gamer. You would probably want to use Ventrillo to communicate with your friends while you all are playing collectively in the game. But that one is a nice to have.
Advance System Care is a free anti-virus/spyware/registry cleaner/etc that works very well in free mode. Its what McAfee wish it may possibly do. So when you subscription runs out, delete McAfee download this program and you will never need to buy a antiviral program again.
Firefox. There are just some website which work better in a non internet explorer(IE) environment. Once you download this program and play around with it, then commence to visit the same site you frequent with IE. You will see what I’m talking in this area.
There are a few more programs that would be nice but those would depend on the interest you have while online. Try out out download.com and see what programs they have to offer. I’m sure they have something that you would find fascinating.
All of the above programs are free and can be found on the Download.com website.