I'm a strong supporter of open-source, freeware and SaaS (Software as a Service). We have recently switched half of our company's computers into MacBook Pro. Here are a list of software that we installed (or not installed, if we are using SaaS) for common office tasks on all MacBook Pro. Most of them work on Windows as well since we were previously living in that world. Photo credit: Toni Cuenca Text document, Spreadsheet: OpenOffice (Free) Presentation: Keynote (USD19.99). We previously used OpenOffice for presentation. E-mail, Calendar, Address Book: Google Apps (Free for 10 users) Anti-Virus: None, however we do run as Standard User instead of Admin on our MacBook. We previously used Avast on our Windows computers. I am a strong advocate for Google Mail (part of Google Apps) as I have used Microsoft Outlook/Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird and some webmail solutions, but nothing come close to Google Mail, in the se...
Stanley Chee is a serial entrepreneur, a tech startup angel investor, an ex-Google Regional Trainer, a TEDx speaker, a Mensa member, a public speaker, a casual blogger, a loving husband and father.