Superior Alternatives to Baddish Windows Software

[ajapale]

http://lifehacker.com/384545/superior-alternatives-to-crappy-windows-software.

I like this comprehensive list by life hacker.

 

[bullworth]

Thanks. One software which I recommend instead of Windows Media Player wasn't mentioned.

The Freeware Gomplayer

http://www.gomlab.com/eng/

It works like a dream, is better than many applications you have to pay for and helps you download the appropriate codec if your file wont play.

 

[hastalavista]

Re Superior Alternatives to Baddish Windows Software

Go the whole hog
get a Mac!

 

[AlastairSC]

or get superior alternatives without locking into Apple - install Linux Mint. Complete with the best balance of free/proprietary software. Free OS upgrades for life! Go Mint!

 

[onq]

Some of the photo resizers are well worth looking at for batch resize purposes.

 

[ClubMan]

or get superior alternatives without locking into Apple - install Linux Mint. Complete with the best balance of free/proprietary software. Free OS upgrades for life! Go Mint!

Without getting into the eternal OS religious wars I also like Mint and have installed it on a few older machines where, for one reason or another, there was no Windows license or reinstallation image available. My main personal laptop is still XP though - although I'm seriously considering making the move to Mint there too.