It has been a long time since I blogged. The start of spring has brought me outdoors and a to do list that has been hibernating this winter.
I just recently re-installed windows on my very old Laptop (IBM ThinkPad R31), and was about to install my necessary software like MS Office;however with the emergence of Cloud computing and SAAS I questioned the need to install additional software.
Can I just install the bare bones windows and still be productive ?
To be on the safe side, I installed my anti virus software and firewall software. Can't be too safe with cornflicker lurking in the shadows of the Internet. Firefox is my browser of choice, so that is installed. I am still in the process of running my windows updates, probably another three days before that is completed.
When I get the chance I do some programming, as such I have subversion running on my Linux box. As such I have installed TortiseSvn to access subversion.
So no other software has been installed. My plan to get around the of MS Office is to use either Zoho or Google Apps. As I proceed I shall see if I can live withought other software installation.
