Radio Sales Café

Okay, you go out and buy a nice $400 laptop that does everything you want. Now you want Word Processing, Photo editing, sound editing etc and you are looking at about $2K in software. My computers at my office and home office have all free software on them for handling these things. They are open source and by my expeience, these are the best. Word Processing, Spread Sheets, Presentation: OpenOffice.org. Complete suite of all "office" programs. FREE DIA: For making Technical Diagrams. FreeMind: Free Mind Mapping sofwtare... GREAT for helping inspire you to write copy. GanttProject: Just what the name says Audacity: Free recorder/Music File Editor GNU - Image Manipulation Inkscape: Think Photoshop Scribus: Poster Design Blender: You'll find out www.maddogtaskmanager.com : this is a FREE online app where you can enter the names and email addresses of people you work with, fmaily etc... assign them tasks with due dates. the program keeps you uyp to date on what you have assigned, and gently (or not so gently, your call) reminds people of the task and its due date.

Just curious if you know of a "good" Free anitvirus? I haven't found one I completely trust yet.

Wendy, Microsoft Security Essentials is surprisingly good. It's a combination anti-spyware/anti-malware application. The link: www.microsoft.com/security_essentials/

Inkscape is good for vector graphics, but I find The GIMP more useful in other image formats. If you're used to Photoshop-style controls, you might want to try GIMPShop. I've used OpenOffice and Audacity for years, and like them a lot. For playing back ads for clients, I'd suggest the VLC Media Player. It's fast, plays practically any media format, and doesn't use as much memory as Windows Media Player.