what are the best sites for free or shareware on the Internet for PCs, 
and,secondly, for MACs?

Elmer,

As you’ve probably found, there are an enormous number of freeware and 
shareware sites on the web, and it can be difficult to determine which one or 
ones will be the most useful to you.  Two major factors to consider are the 
size of the archive at the site and the ease of use.  The most popular 
shareware sites, with the greatest name recognition are:

CNET (Windows and Macintosh)
http://www.shareware.com/
http://www.download.com/

Tucows (Windows and Macintosh)
http://www.tucows.com/

ZDNet (Windows and Macintosh)
http://www.zdnet.com/downloads/
	
Jumbo (Windows and Macintosh)
http://www.jumbo.com/


Some other popular shareware sites that have both PC and Macintosh downloads 
are:

Bluechillies.com
http://www.bluechillies.com/home/

Download Fast
http://www.downloadfast.com/


Some popular sites that are primarily for PC/Windows are:

SoftwareSeeker
http://www.supershareware.com/

Simtel.net
http://www.simtel.net/

GALT
http://www.galttech.com/

WebAttack.com
http://www.webattack.com/

Top100programs.com
http://top100programs.com/

32bit.com
http://www.32bit.com/

Totalshareware
http://www.totalshareware.com/

Download Safari
http://www.downloadsafari.com/

Filebasket
http://www.filebasket.com/


and some popular sites devoted to Macintosh Shareware are:

Mac OS Archives
http://www.macosarchives.com/

Pure Mac
http://www.pure-mac.com/

Applelinks
http://search.applelinks.com/


You can find user ratings of shareware and freeware sites at:

Gammadyne Software: Shareware site reviews
http://www.gammadyne.com/sharewaresites.htm


Some useful links:

Google Directory: Computers > Software > Shareware
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Shareware/?tc=1

Google Directory: Computers > Software > Shareware > Macintosh
http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Shareware/Macintosh/

Yahoo Directory: Computers and Internet > Software > Shareware
http://dir.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Software/Shareware/

Pass the Shareware: Links to popular download sites
http://www.passtheshareware.com/thebest.htm


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Regards,
Cindy

Hi Elmer, 
Have you tried:

- http://www.download.com
- http://www.tucows.com
- http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/2001-20-0.html
- http://www.freewarefilez.com/
- http://www.jumbo.com/

This should get you started :)

Hi

The best places for download software for both Mac and PC are below:

http://www.download.com
http://www.shareware.com

Both sites have available software for both platforms broken down into easy to 
search sections.

For Mac only software, try the sites below:
http://www.macosarchives.com/
http://www.pure-mac.com/
http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/2001-2003-0.html?legacy=zddl

thanks for using google