Recommended Software for Home and Business

We have tested 100s of products and searched the web for the best software that we could find to cover the common everyday tasks on your computer system. The software we have chosen covers home and business use. Some of it is commercial, some shareware and some freeware. What we have aimed to do is pick the best in class for each area without busting your budgets.

For software to get into our best buy list

  • It does what it says on the tin
  • It should be easy / intuitive to learn
  • It should run on most computer configurations
  • It should be feature rich but not bloated
  • It should run on a standard PC

 

Accounting

Anti-Virus

Backup FTP / CD / DVD / External hard disk (in fact everything except tape)

Backup to tape

Database

Firewall

File Sharing

File Management

Image Editing