As hard as it is to believe, just by surfing around online, you can access most of the desktop app functionalities you need without selling out a cent and to be free of software piracy.

Classic Desktop Application	Online Alternative (SaaS)
Office: Microsoft Office2007	Google Docs Zoho OpenGoo
Image Processing: MS Paint, Photoshop	Splashup Photoshop Online befunky.com
Charts, Diagrams: Microsoft Visio 2007	Gliffy Lovely Charts iPlotz Draw Anywhere
Project-Management: Microsoft Project CRM/ GTD/ERP Enterprise Solution	zohoplanner.com Zoho CRM v-tiger salesforce.com CRM SugarCRM Springpad Deskaway Teamness Action Method ZingLists
PDF Converter	iConv Google Docs You convert it
Apple1 Password Manager and Form Fille	clipperz
Apple Aperture 1.5	Flickr
Microsoft Outlook 2007	Gmail
Desktop Operating Systems	10 Popular Web OS
HTML Editor: Dreamweaver Vector Graphics: Flash Animation	app2you Wix
Desktop calculators	InstaCalc
HP fax machine Printing paper	FaxZERO (U.S. and Canada)
RSS Reader: SharpReader (Windows) NetNew Wire (Mac OS X) Straw (Linux)	Netvibes AideRSS Google Reader feedshow.com NewsGator Rojo Bloglines
Website Analysis Software	Google Analytics GoingUp.com
Messenger: MSN, Google Talk IC, AIM Jabber, Yahoo!, Skype	meeboo IMO.IM Nimbuzz eBuddy.com
All desktop tools	Sosiu
Task Lists, Organizer, Time Management	Ta-da List Deskaway Backpack Springpad Action Method
Microsoft OneNote 2007	evernote.com
Apple MindManager 7.0 Mac	Bubbl.us mindjet.com
Microsoft Money Plus Premium	Wesabe Mint.com Quicken
Spreadsheets: MS Excel 2007	chartAll editgrid.com Google Docs
Presentation: MS PowerPoint	Preezo Scribd Slideshare formatpixel Amap
Adobe LiveCycle ES	Wufoo
Excel spreadsheets Invoices Financial software	PayPal blinksale.com freshbooks.com Invotrak Sales-King.eu
Hard drive storage space	DivShare box.net mediafire.com
Conference: MS NetMeeting	Voxli Dimdim
SSH Client	GotoSSH
Bittorrent client	BitLet

let me know, if we should list another one, to be continued...

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