New laptop, what programs?

[angryassdrummer]

As with my previous thread my laptop was dying a slow painful death. Anyway got a good deal online, acer i5 2.3-2.9GHz 8gig ddr3 ram, 500gig hdd usb3 etcetc... Sobeibg my first new comp in 3.5 years and first window 7 pc i would love a list of what free programs i should get for it?Anti virus/malware/spyware, video player/codecs, converters, office replacement ( if it uses same file format as word otherwise might be useless) basically every free program you think essential for your comp. i use my comp mainly for photo/video filing/editing, lots of videoconverting, online all day ( oh with laptops how long should they stay on before turning off? My offpeak is at night so i have it on all night downloading)
Any suggestions would be welcomed

[Baldrick]

http://ninite.com/ . Pick you favorite software, install, done!

[angryassdrummer]

Looks cool will use it for sure... But half those ive never heard of let alone used so was trying to get some recommendations

[MJA]

Microsoft Security Essentials

Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware

Smart Defrag

CCleaner

DVD shrink + Imgburn

Media Player Classic - Home Cinema(I like it better than VLC )

Firefox,chrome

open office


for photo/video filing/editing,,,,,,,,,,,,etc thats another story

[neomaine]

... i use my comp mainly for photo/video filing/editing, lots of videoconverting, ... Any suggestions would be welcomed

I'd get a couple of external hard drives and a laptop cooler.

[angryassdrummer]

yeah laptop cooler sounds like a plan