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    Better Than Popular Software Thread

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Jewperman, Jan 8, 2008.

  1. Jewperman

    Jewperman Notebook Consultant

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    In this thread, say two programs that do the same thing, but one is the popular one, and the other has to be better (ie more efficent and easier to use, easier on your computer or more features)although less mainstreme.

    I dont really have a example, but below is my try. Also the bad one is actually more popular, so imagine this as more of a template.

    -Internet Browser-

    Good: -Mozilla Firefox- Bad: -Internet Explorer-
     
    Jewperman, Jan 8, 2008
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  2. NotebookYoozer

    NotebookYoozer Notebook Evangelist

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    what does "better" mean?

    that's a completely subjective term.
     
    NotebookYoozer, Jan 8, 2008
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  3. Jewperman

    Jewperman Notebook Consultant

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    Im gonna edit the first post.
     
    Jewperman, Jan 8, 2008
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  4. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    -PDF Reader-

    Good: -Foxit Reader- Bad: -Adobe Acrobat-
     
    pixelot, Jan 8, 2008
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  5. bobob

    bobob Notebook Enthusiast

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    -Music Player-

    Good: -Foobar- requires some patience and work initially but once you get it up and running there is no equivalent to it.

    Bad: -Winamp- not exactly bad but it feels much bloated and cumbersome to use after working with foobar
     
    bobob, Jan 8, 2008
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  6. planet_vikram

    planet_vikram Notebook Evangelist

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    Operating System :)

    Good : Linux

    Bad : Windows
     
    planet_vikram, Jan 8, 2008
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  7. crash

    crash NBR Assassin

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    -Computer Protection-

    Good: Common sense

    Bad: UAC

    Ok fine, common sense isn't a program, but it's a hell of a lot better than UAC!
     
    crash, Jan 8, 2008
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  8. l33t_c0w

    l33t_c0w Notebook Deity

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    fun thread...

    Browser
    Good: Opera -- Also good, more mainstream: Firefox -- Bad: IE

    AntiVirus
    Good: Kaspersky, NOD32, (free) AVG, others -- Icky: Norton

    Simple Text Editing
    Good: Notepad2 -- Meh: Notepad

    Defragging App
    Good: the old free Diskeeper Lite -- Excruciatingly Slow: built-in xp defragger
     
    l33t_c0w, Jan 8, 2008
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  9. surfasb

    surfasb Titles Shmm-itles

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    Firewall: Comodo (it's free)

    Anti - Virus: NOD32 (it's also free)

    in-game videos: FRAPS (it's free for 30 secs worth of video)
     
    surfasb, Jan 8, 2008
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  10. coolguy

    coolguy Notebook Prophet

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    The good : windows xp

    The better : windows xp sp2

    The best : windows vista sp1
     
    coolguy, Jan 8, 2008
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