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My Preferred Software Applications

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My preferred software applications
Function Application Link Why This Application?
Electronic Schematic / PCB Design Diptrace Simply nothing to touch it at the price, reasonable licence conditions, excellent functionality, brilliant support, a development team who listen to their customers - if you are looking for such a package you would be hard pressed to find anything better.
Web Editing (HTML) Namo Webeditor Good functionality at a reasonable price.
Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) Editing StyleSpread Sufficient functionality and Free. I tried a few free (or cheap) ones and this was the best. Pro version available (@ $)
2D CAD Turbocad V11 Reasonable price / good functionality. I have experienced a few bugs and IMSI like to charge for upgrades (which occur frequently).
3d CAD Rhino 3D Very robust mesh creation. My daughter has an academic version , so I use her computer for 3d design.
Antivirus AVG-Free Free and bullet-proof
Anti spyware Spybot Search & Destroy Functional and free
Secure password (etc) storage eWallet Cheap and versions for PC and handhelds / phones
CD Burning Nero Simply the best at what it does.
Web Browsing Mozilla Firefox Page rendering is (IMHO) superior to Internet Explorer
Email Microsoft Outlook 2003 Got it for "free" with a PDA
Word Processing / Spreadsheets Microsoft Office Industry standard - also I use this at work, so I am used to it
FTP Filezilla Powerful and free - what more can I say ?
Video editing / DVD creation Sony Vegas+DVD Very powerful - did everything I wanted it too - expensive though.
Digital photography database iMatch Just the best by far.
File backups (automatic) Syncback Setup and forget, hassle free backups - and it was free! (SE Version available for $)
Windows cleanup cCleaner Good functionality, quick and free!
Home Inventory Frostbow Home Inventory At the time of purchase, the most functional home asset software. Also in the event of an insurance claim, I don't want any loss adjuster telling me my posessions are worth less than I thought !
eBay auction sniping HarvEx Best bang for the buck!
PDF creation Jaws PDF Creator (Cheap) "upgrade" offer on a magazine cover.
Web servers WAMP Server All in one easy install for windows
Screen Capture WinSnap Very easy to use and free for non commercial use.
Windows XP Task Switcher TaskSwitchXP An alternative Alt+Tab handler for XP - lovely  (and free)

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