Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 14:11:19 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "Deman" <s9810048@mmu.edu.my> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: home pc use Message-ID: <009001c171c4$e26a71c0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <007f01c171c1$4be01cd0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <2696.10.100.98.21.1006260649.squirrel@10.100.3.5>
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Deman writes: > Wow 100 apps! I've never use to that count ( yes > I'm using Windows and of course also FreeBSD ). That's the difference between playing with a machine and using it for business. > May you list up at least 50 of them. :) Remember, you asked. I count 80 just by looking at the machine, of which I use all but half a dozen or so at least every few days, and several dozen every day: CompuServe CSNav-Win CompuServe WinCIM Adobe Acrobat (full version) Adobe Acrobat Reader Adobe Acrobat Distiller Adobe Type Manager Deluxe Adobe PageMaker Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop Adobe Streamline 1500+ Type 1 PostScript and TrueType fonts Apache WinOnCD HP DeskScan Microsoft Visual InterDev Microsoft Visual C++ Diskeeper Lite Microsoft FrontPage Windows Internet Information Server ICQ Microsoft Internet Explorer Opera Lynx WebTV Netscape 4.x Netscape 6.x BlackICE Defender NikonScan Paint Shop Pro Palm IV Desktop Perl PGP QuickTime SecureFX SecureCRT Wacom Microsoft World Atlas ZoneAlarm Microsoft Comic Chat mIRC WS_FTP Pro Extensis MaskPro Corel KnockOut Microsoft NetMeeting Outlook Express Outlook PowerPoint Microsoft Word Microsoft Access Image Composer RealPlayer Windows Media Player Expander BarCode Pro Fritz Rebel EBP Compta Encarta 96 Final Draft Flight Simulator Flight Check Family Tree GeoClock GifAnimator JpegWizard Kodak DC120 software MapThis MathType Money NetHack PKZIP POV-Ray Quark XPress Passport SimCity Harrap's Online Visio VisualRoute Vuescan WinBoard WinZip In order to replace this with FreeBSD, I'd have to be able to run essentially all of the above. I am probably missing a few, as I just glanced at what I had on the machine. > What area are you in? Graphics? DTP? All of the above. > I'm just quite curious what work are you > doing that need so much of apps. Whatever provides me with income. The Windows machine is thus a mission-critical computer for this purpose. -- Anthony To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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