August 15, 2008
Better Than FREE?!
What's better than getting free stuff? …
… Good quality, really useful free stuff, that's what!
Over the years I've picked up numerous free tools and products that really are worth having.
Many of these items certainly helped me when I started my internet business when I had very little money to buy anything.
I've decided I'm going to set up a new section that lists all the free resources that I use or have used in the past that I believe you will benefit from.
Before I put them into the 'Free Stuff' section I will post a review of them explaining how they can benefit you.
So let's get cracking on a couple of neat, free products:
Recommended Free Resource - File Compression
7Z or 7 - zip is a great alternative to WinZip.
Basically 7 - ZIP and WinZip will open your zipped files and allow you to send large files like powerpoint presentations or photos.
The difference is 7 - ZIP will open virtually anything. It's very efficient and very fast! I haven't found a folder or file that 7 - ZIP hasn't been able to open yet.
If you've already got WinZip and happy with it then stick with it.
If you would like to use 7 - ZIP instead, delete WinZip after you've downloaded it. There's no point having them both.
Unfortunately 7 - ZIP doesn't work on MACs. MAC users will need to use something like Zipeg.
Recommended Free Resource - Multi Media Player
The chances are if you watch a lot of videos you will have come across a number of files you can't play.
You're informed that you need to find a codec to handle them. Then it starts to get messy. You even can't find it or you have to pay for it.
That's when you need VLC Media Player.
VLC Player from VideoLAN is the most widely compatible multi media player available.
It is much like 7 - ZIP in that whatever media file you come across, the chances are VLC Player will be able to play it.
It can handle various audio and video formats including (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, …) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
This little program sits quietly in the background for you to call upon quickly and effortlessly and only takes up around 32MB of your hard drive.
If you know of any free resources that you think will benefit others, please drop me a line or fill in the comments box below.
~ Peter Tremayne
Filed under Blog, Internet Marketing, Product Reviews by Peter Tremayne
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Comments on Better Than FREE?! »
Going to give the video player it's day in court mate -thanks! =)
I use the open source graphics program called "paintdotnet"
It is free and has a good forum where one can get useful tips.
I also uninstalled the super bloated adobe reader and replaced it with the free… foxit reader. It is much smaller and loads so much faster. It gives you all the basics for viewing pdf files.
I say, "boycott adobe!" Once they get a program on your machine they will leach all your space and memory with all kinds of useless junk.
Thanks for the tips. I'll be checking out your recommendations.
@ Dirk - Thanks for the tip on paintdotnet. I will check it out.
You're right about Foxit. It is a great application that does a better job than Adobe. I have been using it myself for some time now and will be adding it to the 'Free Stuff' category very soon!
~ Peter Tremayne