Software Comparisons


Where can you get your software?

 

 

Note that this table is not intended to be all inclusive and feel free to edit and add your favourites.

Interesting article from the BBC about the successor to Microsoft Windows.

 

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Make sure you expand this by clicking on the arrow top right.  There are three columns.

 

Software Type Commercial Open Source or Free WebBased and Free
Word Processor Microsoft Word, Pages, WordPerfect

OpenOffice Writer, Abiword, Kword

Google Docs, Zoho Writer, ThinkFree, ajaxWrite

 

Spreadsheet Microsoft Excel, Quattro Pro

OpenOffice Calc, Kspread

Google Docs, Zoho Sheet, ThinkFree

Presentation Microsoft Powerpoint, Corel Presentations

OpenOffice Impress, Kpresenter

Google Docs, Zoho Show, ThinkFree

Image Editing Adobe Photoshop

Gimp, Gimpshop, Paint.Net, IrfanView, Picassa, Krita

Adobe Photoshop Express, Picnik

 

Webpage Creation Adobe Dreamweaver NVU PBwiki, Wikispaces
Audio Editing Garageband Audacity SmashMash
Video Editing Adobe Premier, iMovie, Final Cut MPEG Streamclip, VirtualDub SmashMash
Antivirus NOD32, Norton Antivirus, MacAfee Antivirus, Trend Micro

ClamAV, AVG, AVAST

Panda ActiveScan, Bit Defender

Graphic Organizers SMART Ideas, Inspiration, Kidspiration, Visio

Cmap, FreeMind, Kivio

Gliffy, Bubbl.us,

MindMeister

Operating Systems Microsoft Windows, Macintosh OS X Linux, Ubuntu Online Operating System
Drawing CorelDRAW! Tuxpaint, Sketchup, Inkscape, Gimp Rate My Drawings
Screen Capture Adobe Captivate, Camtasia , SnagIt Wink, Jing, Camstudio  
PDF Creation Adobe Acrobat CutePDF, PDF 995, OpenOffice, PDFCreator, doPDF Adobe Buzzword

 

 

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