utility programs - Software Review - Evaluation

Home Office Computing, June, 2000 by David Haskin

PRODUCT                        LIST PRICE

SUITES

MCAFEE OFFICE 2000 PRO         $70

NORTON SYSTEMWORKS 2000        $60

ONTRACK SYSTEMSUITE 2000       $60

FILE

DATAVIZ CONVERSIONS PLUS 5.0   $100

WINZIP 8.0                     $29

BACKUP

@BACKUP 2.0                    $99 per year for 100MB;
                               other plans available

VERITAS BACKUP EXEC DESKTOP    $99
EDITION 4.2

INTERNET

BULLSEYE 2.0                   Free with ads;
                               $149 without ads

WEBFORIA ORGANIZER             $50

SYSTEM

CLIPBOARD MAGIC 2.01           Free

PARTHIONMAGIC 5.0              $70

SYSTEM COMMANDER 2000          $50 download;
                               $80 retail

PRODUCT                        MANUFACTURER

SUITES

MCAFEE OFFICE 2000 PRO         Network Associates, 800-338-8754
                               www.mcafee.com

NORTON SYSTEMWORKS 2000        Symantec Corp., 800-441-7234
                               www.symantec.com

ONTRACK SYSTEMSUITE 2000       Ontrack Data International
                               800-872-2599, www.ontrack.com

FILE

DATAVIZ CONVERSIONS PLUS 5.0   DataViz, 800-733-0030
                               www.dataviz.com

WINZIP 8.0                     Nico Mak Computing, 877-724-4600
                               www.winzip.com

BACKUP

@BACKUP 2.0                    SkyDesk Inc., 800-334-6000
                               www.atbackup.com

VERITAS BACKUP EXEC DESKTOP    Veritas, 888-732-2021
EDITION 4.2                    www.veritas.com

INTERNET

BULLSEYE 2.0                   IntelliSeek, 513-772-6900
                               www.intelliseek.com

WEBFORIA ORGANIZER             Webforia, 888-236-2446
                               www.webforia.com

SYSTEM

CLIPBOARD MAGIC 2.01           CyberMatdx Corp., 403-258-0585
                               www.cyber-matrix.com

PARTHIONMAGIC 5.0              PowerQuest, 800-379-2566
                               www.powerquest.com

SYSTEM COMMANDER 2000          V Communications Inc.
                               800-648-8266, www.v-com.com

PRODUCT                        REQUIREMENTS

SUITES

MCAFEE OFFICE 2000 PRO         Win 95/98, 16MB RAM, 154MB hard disk
                               space

NORTON SYSTEMWORKS 2000        Win 95/98, 16MB RAM, 124MB hard disk
                               space

ONTRACK SYSTEMSUITE 2000       Win 95/98/NT 4.0/2000, 16MB RAM,
                               60MB hard disk space

FILE

DATAVIZ CONVERSIONS PLUS 5.0   Win 95/98/NT 4.0/2000, 8MB RAM, 15MB
                               hard disk space

WINZIP 8.0                     Win 95/98/NT 4.0/2000, 3MB hard
                               disk space

BACKUP

@BACKUP 2.0                    Win 95/98/NT 4.0, 16MB RAM, 10MB
                               hard disk space

VERITAS BACKUP EXEC DESKTOP    Win 95/98/NT 4.0, 16MB RAM, 10MB
EDITION 4.2                    hard disk space

INTERNET

BULLSEYE 2.0                   Win 95/98/NT 4.0 (with service pack
                               3 or Later), 32MB RAM, 15MB hard
                               disk space

WEBFORIA ORGANIZER             Win 95/98/NT 4.0, 32MB RAM, 18MB
                               hard disk space, Internet Explorer
                               or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Cater

SYSTEM

CLIPBOARD MAGIC 2.01           Win 95/98/NT 4.0, 8MB RAM, 2MB
                               hard disk space

PARTHIONMAGIC 5.0              Win 95/98/NT 4.0, 16MB RAM, 12MB
                               hard disk space

SYSTEM COMMANDER 2000          Win 95/98, 3MB hard disk space