Outfitting your computer with the latest software can be expensive. Time and money aren’t things to be wasted. With sky rocketing prices for desktop applications, you need to arm yourself with the right alternatives.
Fortunately, there is a great alternative out there: the Internet. As hard as it is to believe, just by surfing around online, you can access most of the desktop app functionalities you need without shelling out a cent.
To prove it, here’s a list of online alternatives for the most popular desktop applications that we use everday,
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| Programs | Alternatives |
| Microsoft Office 2007 | Google Docs, Zoho |
| Adobe Photoshop CS3 | Splashup |
| Microsoft Visio 2007 | Gliffy |
| Adobe Acrobat 8.1 | iConv |
| Apple Aperture 1.5 | Flickr |
| Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 | Gmail |
| Vista | YouOS |
| Adobe Dreamweaver CS3Adobe Flash CS3 Professional | app2you |
| Desktop calculators | InstaCalc |
| MS OutlookHP fax machine
Printing paper |
FaxZERO |
| SharpReader (Windows)NetNew Wire (Mac OS X)
Straw (Linux) |
Netvibes |
| MSN MessengerGoogle Talk ICQ
AIM Jabber Yahoo! |
meebo |
| Microsoft OneNote 2007 | Stikkit |
| Microsoft Money Plus Premium | Wesabe |
| MS Excel 2007 | chartAll |
| MS PowerPoint | Preezo |
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