Turning Your Home PC into Home Base
While smartphones and tablets may have the edge on portability, there's still nothing (yet) that beats the raw power, configurability, and wealth of options available to a desktop user. Still, taking advantage of all the power that a desktop can bring takes some learning, a little patience, and a good helping of the right apps to make the most out of your desktop machine. You supply the patience, and we'll help out with a list of apps for new users.
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The "majority" of PC users, as you say, won't be in Tom's Guide or any other tech blog to begin with. But, the "majority" of Tom's Guide readers would probably be interested in some, especially new readers looking for free PC programs.
It's not like Tom suggested you had to take 'em all!
Been using it for YEARS.
VLC is also very good.
Chrome vs Firefox is up to user opinion more then anything.
Avast is also good.
I have used EaseUS todo backup and it worked out well.
Defraggler is another on I have been using for my HDDs
All in all, I have used most(bust still not all) of the programs listed here.
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I agree with you, it's sounds unprofessional to call pograms "apps". But I guess since the OS developer thinks your PC should be a big phone it only makes sense.