Surely tesco priced software cant be a bad thing if it turns out to be any good. :)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/5396488.stm
Anyone with a bit of web literacy and knowhow can probably download equivalents of all the Tesco proggies for free.
Yup. The only thing such software is good for is increasing the perceived value of a new computer bundle.
as for the bogus:
Quote from: beeb"When it comes to software there is little choice and prices are high," said Tesco buyer Daniel Cook.
snicker.
Plenty of free stuff. I use Abiword for 95% of my documents, exporting pdfs for archival purposes. Starts fast and isnt trying to be the kitchen sink.
If you want DTP, theres OpenOffice and Scribus.
And as Serious says, if you really want Office and Photoshop, its so easy to pirate, its quite silly. I dont know anybody that pays for such stuff, unless its for an office computer where you can be audited. Not condoning such behavious, and my own puter is innocent--but yall know its true. Its likely part of MSs and Adobes business strategy anyway.
Yes but the moron parents with pcs out there buy this sort of thign as they appeal to them and get to them.
My dad Bought and wasted money on a slide show dvd picture software thing since he thought it was nice, preview pn pc did nice quality but then moaned when it like 99% of them out there burned it to dvd and it made it to dvd rezolution of 750 by 500 odd isnt it?
Then trying to run it on pc noticing the picture qulaity not as good, lol
Then moans at me, he has adobe premier but to complicated and moaning loosing the quality and whats it very high for pcs and dont believe me when I tell him there is not any around like that.
People with a pc who view the images on pc open up the disc click and image and then press back or next or use the slidshow option to preview full screen high quality images, or use thigns like the google image kit to do a nice slideshow.
THis sort of cheap software appeals and fools them into thinking its better then the free stuff and will even buy and install it even if they have better or similar software allready on the pc.
Tesco - dads and mums shopping and thats what it will be aimed at.
Quote from: maximusotterPlenty of free stuff. I use Abiword for 95% of my documents, exporting pdfs for archival purposes. Starts fast and isnt trying to be the kitchen sink.
If you want DTP, theres OpenOffice and Scribus.
Im not fussed on abiword although I do use Open office for letters. I also have a copy of works which I exclusively use for spellchecking my books, after I have written them.
For writing books I use Rough Draft 2.11, although the coder hasnt renewed his site this year so far so heres a copy for anyone whos interested and doesnt have it. Its freeware so no problem on copyright downloading it.
http://www.antarctic-one.com/images/RDraft211.exeQuoteAnd as Serious says, if you really want Office and Photoshop, its so easy to pirate, its quite silly.
I specifically avoided saying that, dispite the fact it may look different to you! :lol:
Quote from: SeriousQuoteAnd as Serious says, if you really want Office and Photoshop, its so easy to pirate, its quite silly.
I specifically avoided saying that, dispite the fact it may look different to you! :lol:
Its the cold hard truth. People look at the outrageous prices of software, see gates throwing around billions, and their guilt evaporates. :lol: Thats not condoning, its just fact. Most folks have come to distinguish between copyright infringement, and physical theft. The high prices are there as businesses do most of the buying, and staying legal is cheaper in the end. That isnt a deterrent for Joe User.
So Tesco might grab some of those folks unconvinced that free isnt often close to as good or better, or those people whom arent savvy enough to use b********t or k*****.*s, but I doubt its going to be fueled by any sort of guilt. :lol:
My computers clean, btw. :D
There are GNU/open source/Free software programs to do virtually anything these days that work well in Windows.
AOL/Kaspersky - Antivirus
Zonealarm - firewall
The Gimp - graphics
Audacity - Audio editing
Abiword - lightweight Word Processor
OpenOffice - Microsoft Office-a-like program
Scribus - Desktop Publishing MS Publisher-a-Like
PDF Creator - Very useful PDF conversion tool
NVU - Web design program
VideoLAN - DVD and general media player
And loads more... loads of people on these forums use free software, as do I, so there is no need to use pirated software. The only software I pay for is Windows, Ghost, Kaspersky Internet Security 2006 and GetDataBack for NTFS....(Nero and PowerDVD came with the drives) the rest is gnu/freeware. I see need to pay hundreds for something that is available for free.
Cheers
Tongy
Of all the proggies I have the only one that I have paid for this year is Acronis True Image backup software, simply because it does what it says on the can and does it well. TBH its saved my butt on a couple of occasions.
Everything else I have installed is either freeware or games :)
Serious, I just got an awesome plugin for word, its helped me knock avg. sentence length down by 1.5, reading ease up by nearly 2%, and .6 off grade level. Dead useful cos it highlights problems in a different way.
QuoteAnyone with a bit of web literacy and knowhow can probably download equivalents of all the Tesco proggies for free.
The Ability Office suite theyre pushing can be had for Ã,£16, so Tesco aint even cheap.
Quote from: sdpSerious, I just got an awesome plugin for word, its helped me knock avg. sentence length down by 1.5, reading ease up by nearly 2%, and .6 off grade level. Dead useful cos it highlights problems in a different way.
Question is do you like the changes or is it putting you in a straight jacket?
Giving statistics for readability isnt really helpful if its from the program you are using, what matters is if someone else wants to read it and they find it easier/more interesting to read! There is also the situation that different writers do it in different styles according to what they produce.
In the end nothing can beat a proper book editor with the proviso that they need paying for their work too :(
QuoteQuestion is do you like the changes or is it putting you in a straight jacket?
Its not an auto-fix, if I wanna keep a 43word sentence or a cliche I got the choice :)
Quote from: SeriousOf all the proggies I have the only one that I have paid for this year is Acronis True Image backup software, simply because it does what it says on the can and does it well. TBH its saved my butt on a couple of occasions.
Everything else I have installed is either freeware or games :)
Dont pay for it!!! blimmin use the copy that comes with magazine subscriptions :D
Bought it some time ago so thats too late anyway. a copy came on my issue of PCW this month too :(
The advantage is the mag ones are older and have less functionality than the latest :)
ive not bought a piece of software other than Microsoft Office (Ã,£99 student license) in nearly 8 years...
i use linux or Mac OS and i can get all the software i need for free - i could use Openoffice.org to replace MS Office, but ive had little niggles with it and decided to get the MS package.