|
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) |
