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Member since July 16, 2008

Reviewed Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows 8 v10

Best browser to download Chrome or Firefox. Read full review

Reviewed Microsoft Office 2013 Preview

So bad that MS Office is now officially dead for me.
Well MS, your Metro abomination already killed WinPC market and Office suite, I guess Google Apps, Apple iWork, Open Office etc should be busy high five-ing right now. Read full review

Reviewed Microsoft Windows 8.1 (ISO) 64-bit Preview

All ads talks about "start button", while it is indeed an outright SCAM as it brings to the rightfully hated Metro screen, it has nothing to do with a working start button (or a functional application launcher).
Still, they insist in interrupting... Read full review

Reviewed LibreOffice for Windows 7.3.3

Very nice GUI, plain and simple, no-nonsense, OK for most user's needs.
Lack of VBA/macros compatibility may make it unsuitable for some power users or companies liking that sort of rapid development, but at the same time is a plus for most users... Read full review

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Good, nice looking and fast, however quite memory intensive. Read full review

Reviewed Microsoft Windows 8 (64-bit) Release Preview

What a mess!
Schizophrenic UI to say the least, I've not seen such a bad software engineering work since MS Bob times.
"Modern" UI concept is a joke, functionally it resembles more Windows 1.0 (or Bob) than a software of this millennium, maybe... Read full review

Reviewed PeaZip 10.0.0

Last version seems more responsive than older ones I used, maybe it is faster because it is compiled for 64 bit Windows, feature set is complete, and it is free. Read full review

Reviewed Malwarebytes for Windows 4.6.0.352

Very good off-line a/v scanner, quite fast and light. Used for years without a single problem. Read full review

Reviewed KDE Software Compilation 4.8

Give us back the KDE! Read full review

Reviewed VMware Workstation Player 16.2.0-18760230

I was driven away from VMware Server due to its totally unusable web-UI, and its huge burden of bugs.
I gave VMware another chance testing Player, and I installed it on a rock solid Vista system with good hardware and all updates applied.
The... Read full review

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