Software
The cost of a good computer should not be skyrocketed by adding software to the system. Between an Office Suite, Photo Editor and various other programs like Antivirus you can already tack on $1000 to the price of your new PC. Our crack team of researchers have come up with a total freeware package plan that will keep you protected and give you loads of productivity possiblities!
Games
- Runes of Magic Runes of Magic (RoM) is a free massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG). Similar to World of Warcraft, without the pesky subscription!
Image Viewers and Editors
- IrfanView Simple Image Viewer/Slideshow
- Paint.net Features similar to some of the high end photo editors such as Adobe Photoshop.
Internet
- Firefox Faster more secure web browser.
- Pidgin Why waste precious resources on your PC with 5 different Instant Messaging Programs? This does them all!!
- Thunderbird Best Email Program (with built-in Spam Filter and RSS Reader!)
- Ventrilo A Free Client to talk with your Gaming Friends. (Service however, is not free for hosting)
** Don't forget to grab the latest Flash, Shockwave Player and Windows Media Player Plugins for Firefox.
Multimedia
- Quicktime Player Because Apple Geeks refuse to use Divx or Xvid ...
- Really Slick Screensavers OpenGL Screensavers
- VideoSpin Freeware Video Editor (requires registration and you do NOT have to purchase codec pack)
- VLC OpenSource Media Player with DVD capabilities.
Productivity
- Foxit PDF Reader Adobe is bloated and slow, this is better.
- OpenOffice Microsoft Office Replacement ($400 savings!!)
Security
- Avast Good Antivirus Solution
- Malwarebytes Free version does urge you to buy for $24.95 and only the registered version does active protection and scheduled scanning. Free version, you must manually update and scan.
System Utilities
- Ashampoo 6 Easy to use CD/DVD/Blue-Ray Burn Software
- Auslogics Disk Defrag Disk Defragmenter that is faster than Windows 7, Vista or XP.
- CCleaner Slim A great way to get rid of junk/temp files and clean up useless entries in your registry safely.
- Directx 9 Redistributable February 2010 Edition A must if you game.
- IzArc ZIP Program that handles hundreds of file formats (7-zip, RAR, Tar, etc.).
- Java Trust me, you need this for things like OpenOffice and Firefox
- Mozy A reliable way to backup those important docs and pics (and music), before you lose them to a virus or PC Crash. (Must register for an account, only 2GB of storage free - $4.95 for unlimited storage)
- TeamViewer A simple and very flexible remote assistance tool. Loads of features! Free for personal use only.
** Software for Microsoft Windows XP, Vista or 7 ONLY
While all the software on this page is free to download from the internet, there are programmers who work very hard to make this software for you. Please consider donating to them if you plan to use their software. Or buy the full versions if you can.
If you have a possible simple issue that could be simply resolved or an issue you'd like to show us without bringing in your PC or debating if you need an onsite call, you can use our remote support option. Click the image to find out how.
This is an example website done in XHTML. Time involved in creating the template, custom graphics and adding content is about 4 - 7 hours of time involved. Total cost being between $300 - $500 for the site at my rate of $75 per hour. If you are interested in having me do work for your website, contact me.
