RE: Non-NB: Any quasi-Orbis programs out there, on a student's budge

["Bob Webb" <webb ! bob () sympatico ! ca>]

Herb. Sorry, I wouldn't know. I've not used Google's program.

Bob.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: notabene@piper.hamline.edu 
> [mailto:notabene@piper.hamline.edu] On Behalf Of Herbert Rubin
> Sent: Friday, February 10, 2006 8:37 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE
> Subject: Re: Non-NB: Any quasi-Orbis programs out there, on a 
> student's budge
> 
> How's this differ from Google's desktop indexing program?
> 
> herb r
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Webb" <webb.bob@sympatico.ca>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE" 
> <notabene@piper.hamline.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 8:57 PM
> Subject: RE: Non-NB: Any quasi-Orbis programs out there, on a 
> student's budge
> 
> 
> >I also have Copernic. While I don't use it a lot, when I'm 
> scrambling 
> >to  find something ("I know I wrote something on this somewhere, but 
> >where was  it?"), it always comes up with the answer.
> >
> > At first it is somewhat computer intensive as it indexes 
> your entire 
> > drive.
> > But once done, it keeps up the indexing of new stuff 
> without you even 
> > noticing.
> >
> > Bob Webb.
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: notabene@piper.hamline.edu
> >> [mailto:notabene@piper.hamline.edu] On Behalf Of Kenneth Salzberg
> >> Sent: Thursday, February 9, 2006 6:32 PM
> >> To: Multiple recipients of list NOTABENE
> >> Subject: Re: Non-NB: Any quasi-Orbis programs out there, on a 
> >> student's budge
> >>
> >> At the suggestion of someone on our list (reaching 60 this year - 
> >> circuits overloaded), I bought Copernic Desktop Search
> >> (http://www.copernic.com/en/store/index.html) some time 
> ago, and have 
> >> found it quite helpful, and quick, for some of what you want. (It 
> >> presently costs $30 for the personal version, and they also have 
> >> educational discounts, if you look around).
> >>   The program indexes your harddrive's files, in the 
> background, when 
> >> you're not doing anything on the computer, and then when 
> you search 
> >> for text (in very many formats), it can find it quickly.
> >>   You might look it over.
> >> -Ken
> >>
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