I strongly prefer VLC Player to Windows Media Player. I also require both vector and raster graphics editors; in this case, those would be Inkscape and The GIMP, respectively. For audio editing, Audacity is Teh Bomb. BurnAware is the best free disc burning software I've found yet. I also use both BitTornado (v. 0.3.17) and uTorrent (v. 1.8.3 - later versions get problematic about phoning home, so I turn OFF automatic updates). CoreTemp is a pretty good monitor for motherboard and processor temperature, which I rely on when I'm doing lots of transcoding.
That should round out the box pretty well (except for a video editor, and I understand Windows Movie Maker isn't too bad.)
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I also require both vector and raster graphics editors; in this case, those would be Inkscape and The GIMP, respectively.
For audio editing, Audacity is Teh Bomb.
BurnAware is the best free disc burning software I've found yet.
I also use both BitTornado (v. 0.3.17) and uTorrent (v. 1.8.3 - later versions get problematic about phoning home, so I turn OFF automatic updates).
CoreTemp is a pretty good monitor for motherboard and processor temperature, which I rely on when I'm doing lots of transcoding.
That should round out the box pretty well (except for a video editor, and I understand Windows Movie Maker isn't too bad.)