This is a GREAT idea to share what we need to accomplish the research we perform. I have already learned so much from others! I am not listing much on my virus protection, just simply because I don't want it to be TOO easy to be hacked. If you're curious about how to protect your computer, leave me a comment and I'll respond.
* Hardware:
ACER Aspire Laptop
Custom built Tower
2 Dell flatscreen monitors
Netgear Wireless Router
* External storage:
320G external drive (Costco, $99)
Various USB flash drives of different sizes
* Online storage: Picasa photos. No online storage
* Backup: DOS script twice daily backup
* Firewall: not telling :-)
* Virus protection: not telling :-)
* Spyware: Adaware, Spybot
* File cleaner: Various
* Printer: HP Photosmart
* Phone: Samsung (an oldie). I don't need emails and daily feeds to my phone yet. I'm easy enough to find :-)
* Mobile media: iPod Nano
* Music player: WinAmp, iTunes, Windows Media Player, accordingly
* Car audio: Stock
* eBook Reader:None. Me like books with paper and no batteries
* Browser:Mozilla Firefox
* Blog:Blogger
* RSS:None
* FTP:Dreamweaver, CuteFTP, accordingly
* Text editor: NotePad, MS Office, Email
* Graphics: Photoshop, Picasa
* Screen capture: Print Screen + Paste (into Paint)
* Social media: Facebook
* Social bookmarking:None
* Social profile:None
* URL shortener: tinyURL
* Office suite: 2007 Pro (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Access). And yes, I use them all. yeesh!
* E-mail: Outlook, Yahoo!, Gmail
* Calendar: Outlook
* Accounting: Excel
* PDF generator: MS Office, Photoshop
* Genealogy database: Personal Ancestry File 5.2.18, Family Tree Maker, various online trees
* Genealogy tools: Maps, Books, Journals, Clerks of Court, various online Genealogical society submissions
* Other tech stuff: That's about all she wrote. I use what I need; haven't found a need for a lot of the high-tech gadgets yet.
