So you’ve purchased that spanking new laptop, and you’re thinking what’s the best free software you can install? Well, free software for your laptop is widely available on the Internet at not cost. Some of these applications are really immensely useful and great to have around. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of these free software programs.

1. Winzip The first program that is super useful is Winzip. This is a compression program which reduces the file size of your documents. A 5 MB Word document can be easily compress into, say, 2 MB. This is very useful is you intend to send out documents over email. Winzip is freeware, but there is an evaluation screen you need to click past whenever you launch the program. Download it here.

2. TreePad Lite I love to organize my personal information. An information manager program is very useful for organize chunks of thoughts, ideas and information you might have. One such program is TreePad Lite, which does a very good job of this. It is basically a treelist, with “nodes” for storing information. The program is very light and clean and is a perfect information manager. Download and try it out here.

3. Adobe Acrobat Reader The next best freeware program in my list is Adobe Acrobat Reader. This is again a must-have freeware program for reading ebooks that you download off the Internet. It has a ton of nice features, including the ability to read ebooks aloud using your laptop’s sound system. In fact, I sometimes find Adobe Acrobat Reader so useful that I’d recommend folks to upgrade it to the full version, Adobe Acrobat. This enables you to create PDF files, and also provides you another very useful function – the ability to print documents into PDF format. Get the program here.

4. Mozilla Firefox The next freeware program is Mozilla Firefox. This is a excellent program compared to Microsoft Internet Explorer. There are ways to acquaint free add-ons into the program to make your surfing experience better. The program is faster than Internet Explorer and I find it is also leaner and meaner. There might be tournament arrival up from Google’s fresh Chrome browser though – but in the meantime, Firefox is excellent for me. Download it here.

5. MSN Messenger The final fundamental freeware out there? It’s got to be MSN Messenger. These days, everybody chats online and MSN Messenger has more or less become the default program people use. Watch out for viruses that can be spread through MSN Messenger – but otherwise it is the flawless instrument for Web-based chat.

Conclusion On the whole, you’ll find that there is a lot of free software which easy to obtain and install on your new laptop. These improve your productivity and come at no cost. You can check out the sites sourceforge.com or download.com to check for new freeware programs to use – they are two of my favorite freeware sites. Hope you enjoyed this review and until next time, good luck and happy surfing!

Francua Smith is a wise Computer specialist who has a lot of experience on laptop computers. He will help you to choose your own wise laptop computer.

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