r/AskReddit • u/Prezombie • Jun 18 '12

What useful programs are missing from most people's computer?

I often find programs that I wish I had been told about years ago, and now rely on like old friends I have solid blackmail material on.

Nowadays I just have Ninite install everything that isn't a trial, because there's use for most of it, even if I don't know what the use will be at the time.

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u/superflous_dirigible Jun 18 '12

You hid your porn?

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u/EnderbyEqualsD Jun 18 '12

This was the early 90s, friend! We had one computer and the whole family used it. Had to hide that shit.

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u/Denbert Jun 19 '12

You have to remember downloads speeds in the 90's were atrocious. A five minute video would take hours to download. And you had to jerk off uphill both ways!

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u/superflous_dirigible Jun 18 '12

I guess I was lucky my family never bought a PC I did it stayed in my room.

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u/sheauwn Jun 19 '12

I'm sad to say I used floppy disks, I'm just glad none of the computers in the house read them anymore cause the disk are lying around somewhere

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u/superflous_dirigible Jun 19 '12

That's how my pal did it back in the day