Comments on: Top free and essential Windows software

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:55:28 +0000

Thank you for this excellent list. I use about half of the programs you've recommended and will certainly be trying out the rest. People just don't realize how much quality freeware/shareware is available that perform the same functions (often better) than popular, expensive commercial packages. The whole adware/spyware/malware, etc. is particularly prone to this. Ever put Norton or McAfee on your computer. It's virtually impossible to completely clean these programs off. Thanks.

-Travis

By: Setai

Setai — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:23:47 +0000

I would add the newly released Thunderbird 3.0 and Open Office 3.1

By: Prague Fellow

Prague Fellow — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:10:31 +0000

Chrome? Why not Firefox? It is a freeware as well, and plugins provide it is with ultimate flexibility!

By: phil stevens

phil stevens — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 03:47:52 +0000

my favourite freeware at the moment is a thing called dropbox. very handy if you want to access the same files across multiple PCs.

By: bzpantich

bzpantich — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 17:11:01 +0000

I really like AVG, great piece of software. In combination with Ad-aware and SpyBot your computer should be safe. Price for that ? $0 :)

By: Czerwona Sciana

Czerwona Sciana — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:19:33 +0000

I don't want to sound like a fanboy but seriously try Opera. It's definitely the fastest browser and even though it doesn't have a lot of plugins available it's still the most comfortable one. And the rss reader is great.

By: paul.adkins

paul.adkins — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:18:03 +0000

Big fan of AVG – free updated anti-virus, where can you go wrong with that? I also use Pidgin a lot: I was forced to find another IM software because MSN stopped working on my PC (even after reinstalling twice)! I used to have AIM, MSN and YIM all open at the same time, but Pidgin replaces all 3 in one app, it's perfect.

By: Lathrop

Lathrop — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:29:49 +0000

This is a very good post especially for those who are addicted to freebies. i'm currently using spyzooka antispyware software and it's been working very fine ever since i bought mine.

By: Ken Fink

Ken Fink — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:04:29 +0000

I was really baffled to see almost 8 of the above softwares in my computer already! wow! I've been choosing the best all this time. I hope a list would come out for linux too :)

By: Setai

Setai — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:37:18 +0000

Instead of AVG I'd recommend Avira. I was using norton 360 for the longest time then one day my subscription run out and I knew I wouldn't be able to renew it for the next couple days so I decided that for the time being I'll download some free replacement. Well it turned out that the "temporary replacement" was a lot faster than norton and worked just as well.