Hi

I'm about to set up a computer for a friend and since
she's on a (very) tight budget I suggested that she
should spend her money on the best hardware she can
afford, then run her computer on freeware for now.
She can always buy better software later, right?
I've drawn up a list as follows:
Firewall:       Zone Alarm
Antivirus:      InnoculateIT or AVG
Download Manager: Download Express
System Protection:  SystemSafe Gold
Compression Utility:  PowerZip
Graphics Viewer:  InfranView
Browser:  Internet Explorer
Uninstaller: Windows' Add/Remove
Mail Client: Outlook Express
News Reader: Outlook Express
PDF Reader:  Acrobat Reader

What do people here think? Please feel free to add to/
modify/critisize this list or add suggestions for
the above or other catagories. Or tell me if you think
this whole thing is a bad idea.
She'll have to buy Windows of course though
I did think of using Linux since I have a copy of
Corel Linux from a cover disk, except I have no experience
with this OS.
Thanks.

Cathy

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