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Humble Software Bundle

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  • #2
    quarryman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,496 ✭✭✭quarryman


    Do people actually defrag their drives anymore?


  • #3
    crabbypaddy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭crabbypaddy


    The only thing I see there that I might actually pay real money for is the vpn if I didn't have one already.
    quarryman wrote: »
    Do people actually defrag their drives anymore?

    Not if they have an ssd, if you have a traditional hard disk seek times are still glacial. But I would say opensource ultradefrag would be as good as that yoke. I had an i5 laptop last week that was taking about 15 minutes to boot, about 40 seconds to open the start menu every time and about 2 minutes to start tiny programs like taskman because the MFT and registry hive were fragmented.


  • #4
    rustledjimmies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,083 ✭✭✭rustledjimmies


    I've used Revo Uninstaller for years to manage app uninstalls instead of letting Add/Remove Programs do it. Was happy to throw a dollar their way for the Pro version with this bundle.

    Most of the other ones are pure junk though.


  • #5
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    quarryman wrote: »
    Do people actually defrag their drives anymore?

    Majority of the stuff looks like it would do more harm than good too... And why the hell would anyone pay for WinZip, when using 7zip cost nothing.


  • #6
    sunny2004
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,538 ✭✭✭sunny2004


    Are they not all just 12 month contracts ?


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  • #7
    GarIT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,671 ✭✭✭GarIT


    IObit, the company that makes malware fighter, advanced system care, driver booster and smart defrag, have in the past made malware and installed it on its customer's PCs.

    IObit has been proven to have stolen code from Malwarebytes. Malwarebytes accused IObit of installing malware on their user's PCs IObit initially sued Malwarebytes but backed down.

    So 4 of the 10 products will try to steal your credit card info and sell it to third parties, I can't believe, Humble Bundle is supporting this.


  • #8
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    everyone wrote:
    And why the hell would anyone pay for WinZip

    - Established 1993.

    Poor old WinZip. I'll buy a licence right after I register mIRC.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



  • #9
    paddym1
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭paddym1


    Not too sure about the software on offer, but I had to laugh when I saw this on the website:


  • #10
    Kody Strong SWordplay
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Kody Strong SWordplay


    I paid the dollar because Todo Backup free has been very handy for me down the years when migrating my devices to SSDs. I've heard Revo Uninstaller is good so might start using the Pro version. The rest, to me, seems like muck.


  • #11
    j_lennon18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 171 ✭✭j_lennon18


    +1 for Todo Backup. I have been using the free version for years and it saved me 2 times (1 HD failure & 1 blue screen of death). I also used it a few times migrating an OS to a newer drive. I will pay the $1 for that.


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  • #12
    Justwinginit
    Registered Users Posts: 577 ✭✭✭Justwinginit


    rustledjimmies wrote: »
    I've used Revo Uninstaller for years to manage app uninstalls instead of letting Add/Remove Programs do it. Was happy to throw a dollar their way for the Pro version with this bundle.

    Most of the other ones are pure junk though.
    Yep me too, been using the free version for years. Now I will upgrade......for a small fee:D


  • #13
    mrcheez
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    grogi wrote: »
    Majority of the stuff looks like it would do more harm than good too... And why the hell would anyone pay for WinZip, when using 7zip cost nothing.


    I always wondered. Never met anyone who paid for WinZip / WinRar etc, but apparently they've made millions

    http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.331272.21


  • #14
    Kody Strong SWordplay
    Posts: 0 ✭✭✭ Kody Strong SWordplay


    I confess I paid to register mIRC. I saved hundreds downloading "stuff" from xdcc bots back in the day....I felt guilty so coughed up a tenner in a sale. Ironically it was around the time bittorrent was born so probably stopped using mIRC forever soon after.


  • #15
    grogi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,615 ✭✭✭grogi


    mrcheez wrote: »
    I always wondered. Never met anyone who paid for WinZip / WinRar etc, but apparently they've made millions

    http://discuss.joelonsoftware.com/default.asp?biz.5.331272.21

    When it comes to WinZIP - I understand someone paying for it it back in the 90s, not now... WinRAR is a different story - worth especially for the for superior encryption.


  • #16
    ElNino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,506 ✭✭✭ElNino


    grogi wrote: »
    When it comes to WinZIP - I understand someone paying for it it back in the 90s, not now... WinRAR is a different story - worth especially for the for superior encryption.

    7-zip is better than both and is free.


  • #17
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,216 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Trojan wrote: »
    - Established 1993.

    Poor old WinZip. I'll buy a licence right after I register mIRC.

    Slightly relevant
    https://i.imgur.com/TaNq2Ba.mp4 ( 10 MB )

    But yeah 7zip allows you to tweak the level of compression. (handy if you had an idea of how much repeatability there was in the data)
    So you could make it faster than WinZip.

    Or compress better than WinZip's compressiest compression. Even when you include the overhead of downloading it to read a single email with a few drawings.



    As for backups, try this for disaster recovery.
    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/ee656415.aspx , just remember to untick the VHDX box.


  • #18
    Trojan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,414 ✭✭✭✭Trojan


    Delighted to see Winzip made so much money. I used it all the time back in college - in 1996. Our computer labs started out running Win 3.1.

    🎙️ The Recognized Authority Podcast



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