Troubles in choosing the best software

In finishing the audio editing task, i learn to search for as many softwares that i can find so that i can choose the best for the task. However, i found that there are a lot of troubles in choosing the best software.

Lets made it simple.. because it really is.. ^^;;

1. file size
2. system requirement
THese two come first for me.. next do they rest came out:
3. quality
4. manipulative properties..
5. etcetc

Somehow.. even if its the best of quality.. the fact that the download file for the software is over 300Mb does nothing good! Because i cannot download them!

Then the system requirements...kergh.. lets just say i regret using the vista format.. T__T

The question rises is --- WHAT IS THE BEST, YET SMALLest, AND MOST USEFUL and free SOFTWARE that we can use?

The truth is, I realise that nothing can be acheive without hard work. After going through all of the problems that I had just listed out, I realise that although I had surveyed all of the software, I never did take the initiative to try them out. I think that was where my greatest mistake lies. The truth is, I cannot simply just read the software requirement and listed them out; I need to try them to know if its really compatible or not. This is where I think trial and error had its advantage.

The second thing is, although I search for the software, there is one thing that I also should have done - research. There are a lot of software out there, and whats the use of the internet if not to communicate? I realise I should have try to communicate with the many experts out there ready to give their cooperation. There are many chat rooms, websites, blogs and forums that discussed on the best software for what and what. I simply cannot just rely on my own knowledge as I myself are lacking in the area. Thus, I realise that sharing information is a very important step in choosing the software.

After I realise these two mistakes that I had missed out, I had try to do the trial and error step with the software that I had listed and I also did some research in the use of softwares with many of the available spots that had had helped me in my search for the best software.