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What is the currently best Desktop Search software?
Armando:
I use this everyday, both at work and at home.
X1's Lightning-Fast Search Software is the Premium Alternative to Windows Desktop and Outlook Search.
X1's award winning, easy-to-use interface simplifies the way business professionals search and act upon desktop files, emails, attachments, SharePoint data, and more.
-rmanning4 (January 19, 2015, 07:12 PM)
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X1 has shortcomings though. See https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2434.msg373198#msg373198 and https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=2434.msg373217#msg373217
Darwin:
Agreed - I have really fond memories of X1 from 2001 through about 2008/9, at which point I began searching for alternatives. Every so often, I give the latest version a whirl, most recently this past fall (October? November?). I still find it quite slow and that it has a noticeable impact on my computer (i7 notebook with 4GB dedicated video memory and 32GB RAM running two SSD drives). Thus, it never lasts long... I use the built in Windows Search for just about everything and have dtSearch installed and updated for more complex searches. Like Armando, I have a license for Archivarius but find that I don't need it with dtSearch installed. I settled on dtSearch for my own use because as much as I love Archivarius I find that it's index get larger and larger over time. Haven't had it installed in a couple of years, though, might be time to revisit it. dtSearch has better previewers as well (or did; don't know about today).
J-Mac:
Howdy, Mr. Darwin. Long time no see.
Thank you for the very concise yet very comprehensive review of your search programs. :-)
It sounds like you have a monster machine there, and for X1 to be able to slow it down is really saying something!
Thanks.
Jim
motiontwelve:
I have probably tried all of the local desktop search tools and nothing compares to X1.
Speed, beautiful previews using Oracle Outside In (acquired from Stellent), stability.
Armando:
I have probably tried all of the local desktop search tools and nothing compares to X1.
Speed, beautiful previews using Oracle Outside In (acquired from Stellent), stability.
-motiontwelve (January 29, 2015, 09:32 PM)
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I you read some of the earlier posts, you'll see that X1 isn't that great in terms of precision and "exhaustivity". It has many qualities, but it still misses some important ones.
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