Here are a few of my suggestions for software. Type of Software Paid Software Free Software Antivirus Trend Micro Internet Security Avast Malware Malwarebytes Malwarebytes Office Suites Microsoft Office Open Office Photo Editing Photoshop Gimp Drafting Software Autocad Draftsight Just be carefull of where you download the free ones. Many of these site's have Malware or virus's attached. One of the better site's to download from is majorgeeks.com. Just make sure you download from one of their mirror site's.