Recommended programs/stuff for a brand new laptop

wkdadam

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Hey guys. In a few hours I will have my hands on my very first laptop. Never owned one before and I'm pretty excited. Not sure exactly which laptop it will be as it is a surprise birthday present.

I'm downloading and burning a some programs to use with the new laptop. What are some good programs/stuff that you would recommend I get to use with my first laptop? I already have a copy of Ultimate Boot CD. I was thinking about burning some benchmarking software as well.

In general, what should I install right off the bat on my new laptop? I'm excited to get my hands on it and play around with it for a while.

tl;dr - recommend stuff for a brand new laptop.
 

fawcett

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if you like to watch videos get

vlc media player ( much better than windows meduia player)

K-Lite Codec Pack 4.6.2 Full

(K-Lite Codec Pack is a collection of codecs and related tools. Codecs are required to encode and/or decode (play) audio and video. The K-Lite Codec Pack is designed as a user-friendly solution for playing all your movie files. With the K-Lite Codec Pack you should be able to play 99% of all the movies that you download from the internet.)

ccleaner ( help keep your system running gd after deleting huge files)

and most of all firefox ( its a must lol 3x faster than internet explorer)