Yesterday as I anxiously awaited a package, I began to wonder if we should choose our next home based on what time UPS delivers.
Over the weekend my husband and I decided that it was time to upgrade my beloved laptop. My pink laptop was a birthday gift during my husband’s second deployment when we were stationed in Germany. I loved it, but it has been rendered almost useless and outdated.
I get so nervous about making big purchases like this. When deciding on my new purchase I compared the specs of my old laptop to the newer version. I would be going from1.5 G memory to 6 G of memory. In hard drive space I would be making a jump from 150 G to 750 G…definitely worth the purchase! It will also come in handy during our upcoming move.
With black Friday/cyber Monday, I found a new Dell laptop at an excellent price and we purchased it.
It arrived just before dinner last night and I couldn’t wait to open it up and get it running!
The kids were excited to watch me open my new “toy”. I will be clearing off all programs on my old laptop and setting it up for educational games for them.
So, now I am in the process of setting everything up just how I like it.
I began installing all of my essential programs for social networking, blogging and digi-scrapping right away last night. I’m making big progress with only a few left to install.
I thought it would be fun to share with you my seven most essential programs that were installed right away.
Norton Internet Security
This allows me to operate without fear of viruses. This was the very first program that I downloaded and installed. The laptop came with a pre-installed trial of McAfee, but we prefer Norton.
Google Crome
This is my preferred internet browser. It runs faster than anything else that I have used and I love that it syncs my settings across all computers.
Tweet Deck
This is the desktop application that I use for twitter. I have it opened all the time for quick twitter checks. I love being able to separate columns of information and lists. I also love that I can use my Facebook pages within it as well. Are you on twitter?
Windows Live Writer
This program makes blogging so easy! I’ve been using it for writing and scheduling blog posts for such a long time now and really enjoy it. You can write blog posts, add photos, and format everything just right and then it will publish to your blog. It will also give you a preview of what everything looks like before you publish. There are tons of add-ons you can install into the program to enhance your blogging as well.
Photoshop Elements
I use this for editing photos, digital scrapbooking and so much more! I have been using this since I started digi-scrapping in 2006. I started with version 4 and I am currently using version 9.
ACDSee
I use ACDSee for photo and file management and organization. It can also be used to edit photos. I use it along with Elements while digi-scrapping.
Silhouette Cameo software
I use this for crafting with my Silhouette cameo digital cutting machine.
I am debating installing Microsoft Office as well, but it’s not a priority right now.
Camilla Blue says
How fun! Congratulations on the new computer! My faithful MAC is almost nine years old and desperately needs to be replaced, but no great MAC deals lately 🙂 I’d have to have Illustrator.
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