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11/01/2010 10:27:41 AM · #1 |
I'm caught in the wheels of time and after ten plus years am upgrading some small pieces of software. (I've run XP for the last seven or so years, and have just installed Win7 64-bit on my laptop.)
Just a couple I can think of at the moment... Are there better choices for these type of apps these days? I prefer lightweight software.
- WinZip, or something for zipping / archiving.
- Adobe Acrobat PDF writer, or something to write PDFs. Just to write PDFs, I don't need if for anything fancy. I use version 9 at the office and it's a pig.
On another topic. I installed CS3 on my newly upgraded laptop. I'm guessing there might be a performance improvement if I were to bite the bullet and upgrade CS3 to CS5, which I'm guessing is available in 64-bit. Or maybe there's a free side-grade for my CS3 to go from 32 to 64 bit, which I'd prefer at this point? Am I dreaming?
My laptop is 2GHz Core2 duo. 4G RAM (but I'm buying more soon). GeForce graphics with 512MB onboard.
Message edited by author 2010-11-01 11:08:36. |
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11/01/2010 10:32:02 AM · #2 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
- WinZip, or something for zipping / archiving. |
First, welcome to 2010 grandad.
Secondly, check out 7z - really nice compression algorithm by itself, but the gui front-end handles all sorts of other compression formats. |
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11/01/2010 11:02:36 AM · #3 |
For just creating PDF's, I use CutePDF Writer. I have it installed on Win7 64bit and it works fine.
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11/01/2010 11:35:35 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by JH:
...First, welcome to 2010 grandad.... |
When I was a kid, we had to boot up an OS from a 5.25" floppy. :-P |
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11/01/2010 11:39:50 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by JH:
...First, welcome to 2010 grandad.... |
When I was a kid, we had to boot up an OS from a 5.25" floppy. :-P |
I've got an 8" floppy on my bookshelf.
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11/01/2010 11:52:28 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
Originally posted by JH:
...First, welcome to 2010 grandad.... |
When I was a kid, we had to boot up an OS from a 5.25" floppy. :-P |
I've got an 8" floppy on my bookshelf. |
I bet you have. |
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11/01/2010 12:10:00 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by JH:
I bet you have. |
*sigh* You just HAD to make me go and whip it out, didn't you?
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11/01/2010 12:29:50 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by JH:
I bet you have. |
*sigh* You just HAD to make me go and whip it out, didn't you?
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Impressive. - Haven't seen an 8-incher in years. |
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11/01/2010 12:39:04 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by JH:
Originally posted by Yo_Spiff:
Originally posted by JH:
I bet you have. |
*sigh* You just HAD to make me go and whip it out, didn't you?
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Impressive. - Haven't seen an 8-incher in years. |
That's what she said... |
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11/01/2010 01:18:33 PM · #10 |
First off, welcome to 2010!
All kidding aside, you don't need any additional software for creating .zip archives. Highlight the files/folders you want zipped, right-click and choose "Send to: > Compressed/zipped archive." The only issue with this is that you get no choice in the file name, so you will probably want to rename it once it is created.
Windows 7 deals natively with opening files in archives just like they were in a standard folder. Double-click on the archive to open it, and double-click on any file to open, just like normal.
One of the unfortunate aspects of the fact that you are still running Office 2000 is that you can't take advantage of a Microsoft add-in for Office 2007 & later which allows native writing of PDFs from Office. Works the charm. You can use a print-to-pdf tool like Cute PDF Writer or similar. I used to use Cute PDF in the past, with mostly good results.
With regard to Ps, I'm not sure how much of a performance boost you'd see going from CS3 to CS5. AFAIK, there is no 64-bit happiness for CS3. Further, if you have mobo-based graphics, you can't take advantage of the GPU, an option that improves speed with CS4 and CS5. FWIW, I've kept CS3 on my work laptop, a 3.5 year-old Dell with WinXP, 3GB of RAM and a T5500 (1.66GHz) Core2 Duo processor. It runs pretty well under those conditions. |
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11/02/2010 10:27:05 AM · #11 |
OpenOffice It's a free office suite from Sun Microsystems...does most everything that Office does. In addition to this, there is a VERY SIMPLE (one click) export into a PDF from the Writer (word) application. Oh, and it's FREE
Also download yourself CC Cleaner..it's a free application that you use to uninstall software, kick applications out of the "start when windows boots up" list, and in general just offers a suite of tools to make sure your computer runs GREAT. Do NOT uninstall via the Windows software, it will leave your registry in a MESS..this is the #1 thing that CC Cleaner, and other softwares like it do for you, they REALLY uninstall software. This is also FREE.
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11/02/2010 10:36:34 AM · #12 |
Total Commander. Does everything you can ever think of when managing files. Built-in zip, rar, ftp, compare, syncronize etc etc
Not free, but very affordable: //www.ghisler.com |
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11/02/2010 03:05:39 PM · #13 |
| Thanks everyone. I'm going to look at this stuff when I get some good time. |
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