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[Poll] Utility Suites - 2008 Member Choice

Those of us old enough to remember the days of DOS, also remember the importance of a good utility suite. Who would have been without an undelete function, a disk repair utility or something which would defragment your hard disk? Software vendors combined tools into suites that provided PC owners with a basic set of tools to improve the performance of their PC. As modern operating systems evolved, many of the tools which we counted on to make our computers run better were included. What was once something you had to pay for, became free of charge, as long as you were willing to shell out the bucks for the next upgrade of your operating system. Even with the increasing number of features and utilities packed into a modern operating system, some vendors have continued to offer tools not available at all or poorly implemented by the operating system vendors. One question we will explore in this poll is: Has the utility suite become irrelevant to modern computing? The final choice in the poll (like last year's) will be for those who have found no excitement in purchasing a group of tools to do something our operating system already does or doesn't even require. The poll itself will restrict itself to products which group a number of utilities designed to improve the performance and functioning of a modern PC.

The Wikipedia definition of Software Suite:

	Which Utility Suite(s) do you use?

Crap Cleaner	86 (31.2%)
TuneUp Utilities	79 (28.7%)
None	30 (10.9%)
Collection of smaller single purpose utilities	27 (9.8%)
Operating system included utilities are good enough for me	12 (4.3%)
Other – Please specify	9 (3.2%)
Ace Utilities	7 (2.5%)
Norton Systemworks	6 (2.1%)
Ashampoo WinOptimizer	3 (1%)
Window Power Tools	3 (1%)
VCOM System Suite	3 (1%)
TinkerTool SYstem (Mac)	3 (1%)
TechTool Pro (Mac)	2 (0.7%)
System Mechanic	2 (0.7%)
Windows Optimizer – System Cleaner	2 (0.7%)
Systweak Advanced System Optimizer	1 (0.3%)
Tweak Now	0 (0%)
PC Optimizer Pro	0 (0%)
SpeedUpMyPC	0 (0%)
Mindsoft Utilities XP	0 (0%)
Superlogix Super Utilities	0 (0%)
WinPerfect	0 (0%)
WinTools	0 (0%)
Wincleaner Complete PC Care	0 (0%)
PC Doc Pro	0 (0%)
System Lifeguard 2	0 (0%)
215 participants. 275 total votes. results as pie chart in flash

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lilhurricane Crunchin' For Cures Premium,Mod join:2003-01-11 Purple Zone clubs: ·Comcast Host: TV over IP Software RCN Inside Insight Team Discovery	Re: [Poll] Utility Suites - 2008 Member Choice Thank you Kramer Voted TUU Utilities & CCLeaner
	permalink · 2008-01-18 08:57:11 ·

Kramer Premium,Mod join:2000-08-03 Richmond, VA clubs:	Re: [Poll] Utility Suites - 2008 Member Choice I want to thank mromero for the Mac software suggestions.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 09:23:43 ·

dibbb join:2003-09-19	I didn't realize that "CCleaner" was "Crap Cleaner", otherwise I would have voted for that. Learn something every day. And yeah, if I would have hovered over the link I would have noticed ccleaner.com oh well
	permalink · 2008-01-18 12:44:06 ·

jeffjs join:2000-12-11 US ·Comcast	said by lilhurricane : Thank you Kramer Voted TUU Utilities & CCLeaner x2 -- I walk upon this Earth by the power of my own two legs.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 12:53:04 · Print ·

dadkins Can you do Blu? Premium,MVM join:2003-09-26 Hercules, CA	Great Poll Kramer! TU and CC here.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 09:04:01 ·

MagMan Life is simpler when you tell the truth. Premium join:2003-10-01 Westlake, OH	Thanks for the poll. CCleaner for me.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 09:19:22 ·

TheAnalyzer join:2006-01-20	Very nice poll Kramer ! I am using Crap Cleaner. TA -- quod erat demonstrandum
	permalink · 2008-01-18 09:52:56 ·

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The final choice in the poll (like last year's) will be for those who have found no excitement in purchasing a group of tools to do something our operating system already does or doesn't even require.

Very true! but there is more than just that.
A lot of us have found that the push by companies to offer what can be perceived as a "total complete package" had its own issues.
There were suites that maybe had a very good component or two, a number of average ones, and inferior ones tossed in so they could advertise 'completeness'. We considered it bloat (which is a whole other issue with some programs).

A trend started to chip away at the issue by gathering a set of superior components, thus creating our own "suites".
Suite packages would include things like a defragger, which was a waste for a lot of us (between the superior ones: Perfect Disk and Diskkeeper, along with Windows default it was not wanted or needed).
So as smaller, more specialized ones appeared, we began using them, like jvpower tools, TuneUp Utilities, and especially the free CrapCleaner.

Be interesting to see how many people have gathered their own components.
I have done so, and include TuneUp and CCleaner as 2 of my suite components.
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Was a Cruise Fanatic, one cruise on Princess cured me. Bleah

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grobinette Premium,Mod join:2001-01-27 Springfield, VA clubs: ·Verizon FIOS Host: Home Repair & Impr.. Millenicom	Nice job on the poll Kramer . I picked the collection of smaller single purpose utilities, which includes crap cleaner and several others. Didn't want to muck it up with a vote for ccleaner though. -- Team Discovery
	permalink · 2008-01-18 10:56:11 ·

La Luna Surviving Ashraful Premium join:2001-07-12 Warwick, NY clubs:	Thanks for the poll Kramer ! I voted CCleaner.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 11:11:05 ·

pokesph It Is Almost Fast Premium join:2001-06-25 Sacramento, CA clubs:	I also voted CCleaner as well as a small collection of various tools..
	permalink · 2008-01-18 11:44:28 ·

cableties Premium join:2005-01-27 1 edit	Thank you for poll. I used TechTool and have Protege
	permalink · 2008-01-18 11:52:48 ·

Jeffrey too dark too early Premium join:2002-12-24 Dix Hills,NY clubs:	Nice poll. TUU and CCleaner for me these days.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 11:56:17 ·

jmorlan Hmm... That's funny. Premium join:2001-02-05 Pacifica, CA 4 edits	Re: [Poll] Utility Suites - 2008 Member Choice TUU and CrapCleaner here. Also voted for "Collection of smaller single purpose utilities." Another suite I like is Advanced Windows Care Personal. It's free.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 12:46:24 ·

penguins4evr Premium join:2002-01-17 The Colony clubs:	Thanks for the poll. I checked TU and CCleaner.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 12:56:32 ·

MarkAW Barry White or lil bratt Premium join:2001-08-27 Canada	Nice job with the poll Kramer , i use TuneUp Utilities, CCleaner along with MRU-Blaster.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 16:23:20 ·

powerage66 Premium join:2004-01-06 Seminole, FL	CCleaner and Easy Cleaner.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 19:01:21 ·

Rob A Same Old Jets Premium join:2005-01-17 Pompton Plains, NJ	Nice poll, none for me.
	permalink · 2008-01-18 22:41:37 ·

chrisretusn Retired Premium join:2007-08-13 Philippines 1 edit	None for me as well. -- Chris Living in Paradise!!
	permalink · 2008-01-19 00:29:53 ·

Grail Knight Who Dares Wins Premium join:2003-05-31 1 edit	TuneUp Utilities CCleaner Edit* Spelling
	permalink · 2008-01-19 04:57:49 ·

delenn13 De gustibus nil disputandum Premium,MVM join:2006-03-02 Ridgeway, ON clubs:	Thanks for the poll, Kramer. I use Ashampoo WinOptimizer, CCleaner and MRU-Blaster.
	permalink · 2008-01-19 14:37:20 ·

Kramer Premium,Mod join:2000-08-03 Richmond, VA clubs: ·Verizon FIOS ·GoDaddy Hosting Host: Microsoft Help Wireless Security	I also want to thank grobinette who provided last year's poll which was a giant piece of this year's. Great job and thanks for the help!
	permalink · 2008-01-19 22:54:47 ·

mromero Premium join:2000-12-07 Los Angeles, CA 1 edit	Re: [Poll] Utility Suites - 2008 Member Choice Here's another one that I sometimes use OnyX »www.titanium.free.fr/pgs2/englis···ard.html »www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/s···nyx.html
	permalink · 2008-01-19 23:22:51 ·

DirtyDog join:2001-03-17 Bradenton, FL	Another nice poll CCleaner for me.
	permalink · 2008-01-20 07:33:48 ·

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I'll give VCOM's System Suite a plug on this one. I absolutely love it.

The included Trendmicro A/V is no great shakes, but is easily disabled/uninstalled.
It comes with a version of the Sygate firewall, which is a major bonus, imo, though it can also be disabled if the user would like to go with something else.

But what truly makes the suite are the many included utilities, all of which are top-notch, again, imo. Practically too many to name, and I use virtually all of them on a regular basis.

If you look for sales or rebates or whatever, it can be had for about twenty bucks.

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