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Drop Drawers X
Sep 14 2006
**½..

KOBEGUY  I'm a long time user and big fan of drop drawers, but sadly no update for intel. Performance really needs some tweaking. I would especially like to see improved updating/searching when there are changes in drawer contents. The auto search function never works - you have to update locations manually, which is a major pain. I can no longer recommend this application - save your money until the developer comes through with an update.  
(Version 1.6.6)

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Snapz Pro X
Aug 12 2006
**...

KOBEGUY  Once upon a time, it was essential kit, but lack of development, a king's ransom in pricing, and no intel version have the masses crying out for a decent alternative. The current version is unreliable at best, and not especially easy to work with. The only redeeming feature is the video/motion capture function, which either doesn't work or doesn't work well. Not worth your money until they come up with a decent update, or are hopefully replaced by a competitor who cares about what they are doing.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Personal Backup X5
Jul 2 2006

KOBEGUY  I bought Backup X3 thinking it would be a solid and easy to use program - after all, how else could they justify the high price? In short, it never really worked well, with occassional crashes and a clumsy interface. In particular, the clone feature never worked. When X4 was released, I could see they cleaned up some of the mess and did a redesign. Great! and then I saw the "upgrade" price. Those of us who financed the work on the new version were rewarded with the prospect of paying big bucks for what we should have gotten the first time. I really feel ripped off. Save your cash for developers who give good value and treat their customers fairly. Deja Vu and Carbon Copy Cloner are great alternatives, work better, and cost a fraction of this program.   
(Version 10.4.5)

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Personal Backup X5
May 25 2008

TEASPHAM  Hey, Kobeguy, from reading your experiences it seems that what I'm experiencing is something that has been ongoing since Personal Backup x3, namely poor tech support. Personal Backup x4 seemed to be a solid program for me, but Personal Backup x5 is HORRID.

To users who have not yet bought Intego Personal Backup x5, my advice:

STAY AWAY FROM BACKUP X5. TRY CHRONOSYNC.

The regular demo version of ChronoSync only allows you to sync or back up 500MB of data. If you email them and ask for an time limited and data unlimited version, they will give you a serial number that will allow you to test the program fully with the program expiring in about 2 weeks. This way, you can test how well ChronoSync handles syncing or backing up folders larger than 500MB, if you need that.

STAY AWAY FROM INTEGO BACKUP X5 FOR NOW. HORRID PROGRAM AND TECH SUPPORT THEY HAVE!  
(Version 10.5.1)

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Microsoft Office 2004
May 7 2006
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KOBEGUY  This update has done nothing except WASTE my time... I recommend not updating since this seems to have caused numerous performance problems. I use Word everyday for work, and can't understand why MS would release such garbage, in spite of it's billions of dollars and thousands of hard working professional programmers. With resources like that, they should be releasing the finest stuff on the market. Clearly they don't care, since it is nearly impossible to make bug reports.

Since the update:

1) I cannot delete a block of text after highlighting. It only will work by deleting characters individually.

2) Charts can't be copied & pasted, only text.

3) Noticable slow downs - text frequently takes several seconds to appear after typing, creating a sticky effect. Yuck.

Thankfully, there are alternatives that are actually fun to use and work. I'm recommending our company dump this junk.  
(Version 11.2.3)

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Microsoft Office 2004
Jun 14 2006

TAINT  this may help with some slowness:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060525082728653  
(Version 11.2.4)

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