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Apple Macintosh
The Apple Macintosh computer with the OS-X operating system is a joy to use. Unless you must use a PC for some other reason, and you can afford the higher price of the hardware, a Mac is the way to go. Unlike a Windows PC, Apple bundles almost everything you need with the computer purchase. The iLife software covers music iTunes, video iMovie and iDVD, digital photos iPhoto and together with all the other software there isn't much more you need to add. With the exception of the anti-virus software, all my suggestions here are free of cost, and some are both free of cost as well as being 'open source' software.
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Anti-Virus Software |
Sadly, any computer that connects to the net or receives e-mail must have a good anti-virus program on it. I recommend either McAfee or Norton, both are good. I prefer the retail boxed versions as opposed to the on-line services. |
| Adobe Reader | Adobe Reader is a free program that displays, prints and saves files in the PDF format. PDFor Portable Document File is a proprietary standard that has become widely adopted. A PDF file preserves the exact look and layout of a document so files can be viewed and printed on a variety of platforms. Although the reader is free, programs from Adobe to create PDFs are not. However, programs such as Open Office (see below) can produce PDF files without the need for an additional program. |
| Open Office | Open Office is a comprehensive proffessional office suite of software including word processing, spreadsheet and presentation programs. Open Office easily replaces Microsoft Office for akmostb any individual or small business. Open Office if free/open source software with no licensing costs. |