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Essential Software/Apps We Can't Live Without

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The most essential software/apps, ranked by the wisdom of the crowd. Anyone can add their favorite software & apps to this list, making it an accurate, real-time ranking of the best software, as picked by the people who use these applications every day. Add your two cents, share your software expertise and see how your app addictions stack up against everyone else's.
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  1. 1
    Up 158
    Down 64

    Gmail

    BUY
  2. 2
    Up 120
    Down 78

    Google Chrome

    Web browser
    BUY
  3. 3
    Up 155
    Down 52

    Mozilla Firefox

    Web browser, Aggregator, File Transfer Protocol
    BUY
  4. 4
    Up 106
    Down 42

    Java

    Platform
    BUY
  5. 5
    Up 94
    Down 62

    Skype

    BUY
  7. 6
    Up 97
    Down 77

    Microsoft Office 2007

    Office suite
    BUY
  8. 7
    Up 63
    Down 70

    Adobe Photoshop

    Photography, Digital image editing, Raster graphics editor More
    BUY
  9. 8
    Up 63
    Down 22

    Google Maps/Navigation

    BUY
  10. 9
    Up 58
    Down 28

    Microsoft Word

    Word processor
    BUY
  11. 10
    Up 64
    Down 108

    iTunes

    Music, Media player, Ringtone maker
    BUY
  12. 11
    Up 55
    Down 79

    Facebook App

    BUY
  13. 12
    Up 63
    Down 62

    DropBox

    BUY
  14. 13
    Up 26
    Down 14

    BitTorrent client

    BitTorrent client, Peer-to-peer
    BUY
  15. 14
    Up 33
    Down 62

    Terminal

    Terminal emulator
    BUY
  16. 15
    Up 41
    Down 23

    Google Translate

    BUY
  17. 16
    Up 37
    Down 20

    Adobe Acrobat

    Portable Document Format, Desktop publishing
    BUY
  18. 17
    Up 18
    Down 21

    Spotify

    Music, Library
    BUY
  19. 18
    Up 32
    Down 31

    Media Player

    Media player
    BUY
  20. 19
    Up 28
    Down 10

    Microsoft Office

    Office suite
    BUY
  21. 20
    Up 1
    Down 0
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    CCleaner

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  23. 21
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    FolderSize

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  24. 22
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    Best Windows XP Tweak Programs and Tweak Lists

    added by: aegeus
    “ http://www.ranker.com/list/best-windows-xp-tweaks/aegeus „
    BUY
  25. 23
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    ImgBurn

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  26. 24
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    Reprofiler

    added by: aegeus
    “ Attach User profiles to user folders.
     „
    BUY
  27. 25
    Up 1
    Down 0

    VLC media player

    Library, Media player
    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  28. 26
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    Partition Wi

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  29. 27
    Up 1
    Down 0
    No image

    Double Driver

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  30. 28
    Up 29
    Down 61

    MySQL

    Database, Relational database management system, Database management system More
    BUY
  31. 29
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Beyond Compare

    added by: aegeus
    “ Best free file compare utility ever!
     „
    BUY
  32. 30
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Ninite Installer

    added by: aegeus
    “ Includes TeraCopy and many, many more great basic apps..
     „
    BUY
  33. 31
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    TaskBar Shuffle

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  34. 32
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    StartupMonitor

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  35. 33
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    BleachBit

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  36. 34
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    WeFi - Free Automatic Wi-Fi Connection

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  37. 35
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    SMART Windows Services Tweaker

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  38. 36
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    HardLinkShellExtension

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  39. 37
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    ASAP Utilities for Excel

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  40. 38
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    OpenWide

    added by: aegeus
    “ Makes dialog boxes open and sortable like a normal folder.
     „
    BUY
  41. 39
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Nlite

    added by: aegeus
    “ Slipstream in XP service packs, updates and addons.
     „
    BUY
  42. 40
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Hirem's Boot CD

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  43. 41
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Nlite Addons

    added by: aegeus
    “ OnePiece_Windows_XP_Post-SP3_UpdatePack (Has some conflicts with dotnet.Use ENU_Addons_Undo and ntuninstallkb940157)

    OnePiece_IE8_WinXPSP3_v4.2.0     „
    BUY
  44. 42
    Up 1
    Down 1

    TrueCrypt

    Disk encryption software, On-the-fly encryption
    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  45. 43
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    MS Off

    added by: aegeus
    “ Don't install Sharepoint, Infopath or Access.
    Download updates with Ketarin_OfficeUpdatesDownloader
     „
    BUY
  46. 44
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    Portable APPs

    added by: aegeus
    “ Needs a separate list. FileMenuTools, Portable FireFox, WinDirStat, SmartDefrag, NotePad++, ProcessExplorer..
     „
    BUY
  47. 45
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    AutoPatcher

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  48. 46
    Up 1
    Down 1
    No image

    RMPrepUSB

    added by: aegeus
    “ Install XP from USB. Works with NLite.
     „
    BUY
  49. 47
    Up 0
    Down 1
    No image

    Absoulte Uninstaller

    added by: aegeus
    BUY
  50. 48
    Up 42
    Down 76

    Pandora

    BUY
  51. 49
    Up 3
    Down 8

    Real Player

    added by: JustinLefebvre
    BUY
  52. 50
    Up 17
    Down 17

    Notepadd++

    Text Editor
    BUY

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      Essential Software/Apps We Can't Live Without at 12/02/2012 11:30 AM
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      essential software. Alright!
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      Terminal at 7/19/2011 4:09 PM
      ROXterm, PuTTY and KiTTY!
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