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What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

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tomos:
That's because I use the original english spelling not the butchered, "americanized" version of the english language  :D
-4wd (June 06, 2008, 07:39 PM)
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nice reply 4WD, but really, there's no need to get snobby about english/english spelling :P

Curt:
I am happy for you, 4WD, and I wish my XP machine was optimised too. However, it is not, not even optimized. Yes, I enjoy watching Top Gear, but I am aware that they are referring to themselves, and are always being spoken of by others, as boys, never as men. Of course the Jag went faster, but it was no longer a limousine (it never was, but you know what I mean).

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Did any of you guys try the new Windows Search 4 package?  :tellme:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940157#top

Darwin:
Yes I did try WDS 4, Curt. The services were RAM and CPU hungry (though it should be noted it is still only a Preview) and the file previewing feature was slooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwww to load and, in the case of Office docs, actually loaded the office application in the background, along with any applications set to open with them (Endnote in my case, with Word). These processes then stay running - so I'd find Excel running in the background with 144MB of RAM being consumed.

Didn't last long as I discovered X1 had solved most of the problems I had with it a year ago...

4wd:
That's because I use the original english spelling not the butchered, "americanized" version of the english language  :D
-4wd (June 06, 2008, 07:39 PM)
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nice reply 4WD, but really, there's no need to get snobby about english/english spelling :P
-tomos (June 07, 2008, 02:34 AM)
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Snobby?! Me?! Never?!

We Australians don't care about such things to become snobby  8)

xcity:
Picking up favorite desktop search is depending on you tasks expected from these desktop search software. As for me, email search is *MUST HAVE* task, file search is a plus but not have.

I finally picked up X1, after I tried copernic, WDS, GDS and others.

Copernic is the best in interface I think, it can break results into several categories, and it's beautiful. but as I said in early, its email search is just entry level. It can search, but gives you less capabilities to deal with searched items. For example, if you want to delete all the searched result, you have to do it one by one.

WDS is better in email handling, but it's tooooo slow. It slow down every things in my computer, I have to give it up.

GDS, oh, how I can say about it. It doesn't give you the opinion to choice folders in my outlook. I have 2000+ emails in delete folder, GDS just continue to index it without asking.

X1 is not as beauty as others in terms of interface, but it did get job done. In terms of email search, it's far better than any other desktop search application.

Except email search, I really don't think desktop search software is useful. If you want to locate a files, locate is good enough.

Dan

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