Came across this great list of useful and free software applications for Windows. Having recently bought myself the Sony Vaio, I needed to install everything from scratch - this list certainly would have helped back then. It covers pretty much 90% of the software needs that the average user has - and the bonus is that its all open source, and free.
I have already downloaded and played with FreeMind, which is a great mind mapping tool that is very useful for brainstorming ideas. Have also tried out Sunbird, which is a calendaring tool - the only problem is that it does not handle meeting requests as well as Microsoft Outlook does (I've also been using Google Calendar for my meeting requests, and that seems to be quite effective). Another one to watch out for is Handbrake - although they don't have a fully working Windows version as yet - but it potentially could be a very useful tool that'll allow you to rip DVD's direct to your hard drive.
Anyway, check them all out here.
Of course, those who have been running Linux for a while now, will be saying to themselves that this post was a complete waste of time. They've had these apps for years now. Go on...say it.
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