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PowerDesk 7 Professional
Windows Review
All the Essential Desktop Tools for Your PC
Reviewed by Don Nendell
Manufacturer:
Avanquest Software Publishing.
7031 Koll Center Parkway Suite 150
Pleasanton, CA 94566, USA
URL: <www.avanquestusa.com>
Ph: (925) 474-1700
FAX: (925-474-1800
End User General Sales/Customer
Service:
Hours: Mon. - Fri., 7:00 a.m. -5:00 p.m.,
PST, except holidays
Ph: (800) 395-6682
E-mail: salesadvice@avanquest.com
Technical Desk Help:
Hours: Mon. - Fri.,6:00 a.m. -6:00 p.m., PST,
except holidays
Ph: (818) 591-6245 or (925) 474-1701 Minimum System Requirements:
Pentium, or better PC
At least 32MB of RAM (64MB recommended
and 40MB of free disk space)
Compatible with: Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows XP Home, Windows XP Pro,
Windows Vista Starter, Windows Vista Home
Basic, Windows Vista Home
Premium, Windows Vista Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, Windows Vista Ultimate,
Windows Vista Home Basic
x64, Windows Vista Home
Premium x64, Windows Vista
Business x64, Windows Vista
Enterprise x64, Windows Vista
Ultimate x64
PowerDesk 7 Professional can be purchased at Best Buy and other leading retail outlets
across North America, and is also available online
at <http://www.avanquestusa.com>
Suggested Retail Price: $39.95 with $10
off (i.e., box price) and $19.95 (download version) when purchased from the Avanquest Store
online. (Although I did run across a price as low as
$10.77 with a special purchase code through
<http://www.shop.avanquest.com/usa/prod>,
but that price is no longer available as
of press time. Just do a GOOGLE search and
see what you can come up with? You can’t lose.)
Caveat. Unfortunately there is no upgrade to
PDP version 7 available, yet (and as such, has
elicited a few very strong complaints throughout
the many online forums).
However, if you are new to PowerDesk, you
can download a copy of PD Pro v.6 to try for
free in their “Discount Section” at <http://www.
avanquest.com/USA/pc-tools/utilities/desktoptools/PowerDesk_Pro_6.html> (Naturally,
unfortunately, it has a nag screen to get you to
upgrade, which is only $9.95). FYI The “Trial”
version just lacks some of the advanced features
like the FTP, and doesn’t handle as many archive
types, et al. And be forewarned, it lacks Vista
compatibility as well. However, it is “Free” to try,
so go for it, you’ll certainly get hooked when you
do. Then too, for only $10 more you can
get the real deal, PowerDesk Pro 7, so why
even fool around?).
Supported Email Attachments
MIME/Base 64, BinHex, Uuencode, XXEncoded
More Software Than Stars
You’ve got to see this to believe it. It’s titled
“More Software Than Stars,” and it’s at:
<http://www.avanquest.com/USA/productindex.
html>. Psst! That’s where you’ll find PD Pro 6, in
the “Budget Software” section. Don’t miss this
display, folks, it is fabulous! They have 300+ titles
from different vendors to choose from.
You can purchase Avanquest products at
these fine stores.
PowerDesk 7 Pro (PDP 7) Description
PowerDesk is the award winning File Manager that includes an integrated set of utilities that
offers more features and functionality than the
limited File Manager offered in Windows. It completely replaces Windows Explorer, giving users a
wide array of tools to search, edit, delete, move,
sort, view and copy files, including those found on
digital cameras or MP3 music players.
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Prolog
Hans Christian Andersen once said:
“Being born in a duck yard does not matter; if only you are hatched from a swan’s
egg.” Well, I have my own prized “Black
Swan,” thank you! I have unabashedly,
absolutely, positively, thoroughly, passionately loved, and used religiously, PowerDesk (PD) ever since I was
magically introduced to PD3 at Comdex
98 Wow! Was it that long ago?
Specifically, PD is the only, repeat
only, “Complete Secure Digital
Data ‘Communication’ Utility”
that I desperately needed during the
first 5 and ½ “Pre-pubertal” years of
R&D on my security DYCRAVTM protocols; that initially, I “actually used”
to communicate with my Sales Agents in
the field, amongst others. Today,
it’s still Number 1 in my book as
“The” Complete File Manager, and
always will be!!!
As a fond memory of a very powerful, “What If?” I still have the old business card the former V-COM Director of
Product Management Utility Software
gave to me during the DYCRAV Protocols presentation I gave to him at
Comdex 2001. Sadly, sadly, sadly, he
moved on before we could ever achieve
any satisfaction or fruition out of that
presentation. Which to this very day still
brings to mind the saying: “For of all sad
words of tongue or pen, the saddest are
these: ‘It might have been!’ ...” - John
Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet and
abolitionist (1807-1892). And in that
same genre, it was Harriet Beecher
Stowe (1811-1896), a contemporary of
John Greenleaf Whittier, and author
of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” who made
this very apropos saying, “The bitterest
tears shed over graves are for words left
unsaid and deeds left undone.” Well,
after shedding a sentimental tear,
or two, or three along with me,
please do “Keep on reading!” You
are about to be introduced to some
really, really good stuff here!
Here’s Why
And now, besides being the best File
Manager in the business for almost a decade, considering all of the uniquely
different methods PowerDesk 7
Pro has of “Securing Stuff,” (See
below) all of which are brought together
into a single application and accessible
from a single location, then PD has to
have been, and still is, hands down,
absolutely the best “Total Diversified” secure exchange medium in the
world, in my estimation. Just think
of it? You’ll never, ever need to buy
individual copies of the likes of: 1)
Any-and-Every-Type-of-You-Name-it
“Zips-Everything,” et al.; 2) Anyand-Every-Type-of-You-Name-it “Encrypts-Everything,” et al.; 3) Anyand-Every-Type-of-You-Name-it-DODStrength “Destroys-Everything,” et
al.; or, 4) Any-and-Every-Type-of-YouName-it “Deletes-Everything,” et
al., any longer. Reason being, they’re
already incorporated in PDP 7.
More on this “Security-Related”
stuff later in the review, and where
DYCRAV fits into the big picture.
Note. For some reason, or other - now don’t ask me why, it just
did - while writing about this “PD
Security Stuff” again, “something”
reminded me of the”ring tone”
(of a Frank Sinatra song) I heard
in a restaurant the other night,
entitled, “Making Whoopee!” It
goes like this: “Another bride Another June, Another sunny honey
moon, another season, another
reason, for makin’ whoopee...”
(You too, can get yours
at: <http://www.ringtones.com/>, that is, if
you’ve a notion to???).
I know, I know:
Dumb! Da Dumb,
Dumb! “You just
want the facts,
Ma’am!”
Truth be known, over the years,
all this was, has been, and still is, the
“Main Thrust” of my PD coverage
herein. PowerDesk 7 Pro, to this very
day, remains truly, the most unbelievably powerful All-in-One Utility I have
ever encountered that has only ever
needed but one more addition
to complement, and totally complete
that marvelous family of security protocols - which ironically enough,
so happens to be the very one I
had been working so very hard
on all these years, i.e., my DYCRAV Security Suite - to “finalize” an incredibly beautiful picture of
“Total Diversified Secure Digital
Data Handling and Exchange.”
(That’s said, Period) But then,
I’m not “Thinking ARBY’s” here,
I’m thinking opportunity, besides
I’m biased, and it’s never to late to
teach an old dog new tricks then is
it, Avanquest? ;-}
Note. You can
actually see for
yourself what I’m
alluding to above
in my August 2006
BCM review, beginning on page 8
(See BCM Magazine Archives at <
www.ucs.org >,
choose the pdf
version please.
You can also get
a basic idea of
it by going to
Screencast.com;
enter the following URL in your
browser < http://
www.screencast.
com/t/7S8lysDSR
> ). Simply visualize being
able to Drag and
Drop a file(s)
AND WITHOUT
EVER, REPEAT,
EVER HAVING
TO: 1) KNOW;
OR, 2) CALL A
RECIPIENT TO
TELL HER/HIM,
WHAT THE
(Protecting)
PASSWORD(s)
IS/ARE . . . Yes
Sir! And Amen!
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Say What?
OK! Let’s just see what I’m talking
about here. A little bit of PD history
might be in order right about now. I
actually had to locate a large part of
the story for myself from some online
forums. The story goes like this:
“In the mid 80’s it was Xtree DOS.
Then, Xtree Gold, and after that, it was
gone for a while. Mike Kronenberg
(sp?) founded Mijenix with another guy
named Brett (Can’t recall the last name.)
and wrote WizManager (for W3.1).
When they migrated to W95 (which
was on one floppy), they sold a stripped
down version of WizManager to MS
as the core of Windows Explorer. The
enhanced version became Explorer Plus
for W95 [it’s up to v2 now]. After a while
MS became annoyed and made them
change the name to PowerDesk. They
also developed several other utilities including Fix It/System Suite [which I still
have today]. When they were bought by
Ontrack everyone went over, and things
continued as before. Ontrack sold off
the utilities to a couple of companies.
PD, along with FixIt/SS and a couple
of others, were bought by V-COM (now
Avanquest).” - Unknown author
The weird part is that I have been
following PowerDesk’s growth, VERY
CLOSELY, literally from its very inception at Mijenix, in Bolder, Colorado
(which was about the time Donna first
spotted them in a booth at Comdex ‘98.
Wow! Like I wrote when I reviewed
PDP 4 in the June 2000 BCM, and I
proudly say again: “Thanks a million
Mi(ke) and Jen(ny) and their nine (IX)
children (proposed), for whom Mijenix
is named.); then on through its sale to
OnTrack, to V-COM, and its present
owner, Avanquest Publishing.
From that very first enlightened
moment, I instinctively knew what a
winner PowerDesk was. It was then,
and still is, a brilliant utility - probably
“THE” epitome of any utility - for its
specifically designed purpose. None will
ever be able to surpass it, of that I’m
“Dead Certain!” Matter of fact, if I
would of had the money, then, as well
as, now, I would have bought this great
product (the whole “ball of wax,” that is)
a long, long time ago myself.
PowerDesk 7 Pro bills itself as,
“The ultimate desktop enhancement
utility for Windows, providing the
power and features you need to get more
work done in less time. PowerDesk
comprises a group of utilities that will
immediately increase your productivity
in Windows.”
Note. For my money, PowerDesk
7 Pro certainly qualifies as the premier
“Jack of all Trades!” utility product.
For instance, one blogger, I noticed
during my PD history fact-finding tour,
wrote: “About the slickest FTP client
I have ever seen. Came out with v.5, I
think. The File Sync isn’t bad, either.
I’ve recently seen File Syncers - standalone - that were priced at $20-$40.00.”
- Unknown author
I wrote the following in my BCM
review of PowerDesk 6 Pro (nearly
2-years ago in the July 2006 issue),
and it bears repeating here and now:
“It is said that ‘A picture is worth a
thousand words,’ and PowerDesk Pro
[7] is most definitely worth ten thousand Microsoft Explorers. A couple of
thought-provoking questions here? Do
you sometimes (or, maybe ever?) get a
queasy feeling opening up that can of
worms, Explorer? You know, the one
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that flops open every time to the crazy
Start Menu settings, and spreads itself out all over the screen; and what’s
worse, you [still to this day] can’t do a
thing about it? Why? Why indeed?
What do I [personally] care about the
Start Menu? I’ve got real things to do. . .
. Have you ever even given a thought to
a possible alternative to this Explorer
mess?”
Viola. I give you the picture (See
graphic) that tells it like it really is. You
have but to compare the two (2) side-byside “1/2 monitor screen shots” to
instantly grasp what I’m getting at here?
“Defense Rests It’s Case!”
Well sadly, it seems like I’ve waited
way, way too long to sing the praise
song: “Hail, All Hail to Thee, ‘O
Great PowerDesk Pro,” or to shout
it from the highest mountain top about
PowerDesk Pro’s incredible virtues,
capabilities and
superior strengths;
so without further
ado, let’s hit a few
“High Notes,” to
coin a phrase.
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So, What’s It All About Alfie?
For neither love, money, marbles
nor chalk, I’m still actually not able to
think of anything else I personally would
like to have PowerDesk 7 Pro do for
me that it doesn’t already do; save for
the one thing, like I said earlier, my own
patented product being built right into
the heart of PDP 7. As a matter of fact,
amazingly enough, I still keep finding
totally “new things” I didn’t even know
PDP 7 can actually do for me, every time
I find time to play around with it - like
right now doing this
review, for example.
I’ve said it
before, I’ll say it
again, PDP 7’s absolutely incredible. Take for instance,
just look at all that
“Great Stuff” PDP
7 can do under the
Tools “Drop down”
menu (See the
Tools graphic).
Then too, Dual
Pane Operation
makes it so easy to
drag and drop files between different folders and drives. Personally, I can’t get
along without it!
Funny thing though. You can even
have up to four (4) Panes showing at the
same time, if you’d like, but then again, I
can’t see any reason why you would want
that many screens? Heaven Forbid, I’ve
accidently even put more panes on the
screen than that! (See the graphic)
File Viewer (the F9 Hotkey) allows users to: 1) View the contents of a
file in a preview (i.e., a Viewer) pane, or
as a thumbnail image (See below); 2)
Open the right file, the first time, without
having to guess where
on earth it could be
(?); and, 3) See what’s
inside any given file
(there are 150 different file format viewing
possibilities), without
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having to open multiple files while trying
to find the right one?
Note. I customarily view PDP 7 on
the right half of my monitor screen and
any given review I’m working on (like
this one, for example) on the left half of
the monitor screen. That way I can view
the contents of the literally hundreds of
graphics I collect for these reviews simply by hitting the F9 Hot Key instead of
clicking on the File Viewer in the upper
right hand corner of PDP 7. Truthfully,
until this very review, I had never even
used the File Viewer option, mostly
because it’s actually “out of sight, out of
mind.” (i.e., I never see it, because
it’s always hidden from me, ergo
it’s the HOTKEY route all the way
for me. I’ve even written a Japanesestyle poem (they’re called a Haiku)
for my propensity for using the PDP 7
“File Viewer” Hotkey, i.e., F9.) It is
entitled: Don’s “F9 PDP 7 Hotkey”
Hayaku (Japanese
for “faster”) Haiku. It goes like this:
Ahem!
(5) It’s “Hotkeys” for me
(7) It’s easy to see, ‘cause it’s...
(5) Much faster that way!
BTW Just check out any of the review full screen graphics versus a half
screen graphic, and you’ll be able to see
what I mean about File Viewer being
“Hidden” from view. ;-}
Yo no lo veo! [Pronounced:
Yoh no lo bay-oh!] We just recently
had some new neighbors move in
across the street, so I’m working
on my Spanish, as you can see?
I love this unique “By-line” I ran
across in my searches for this review. Wish I would have thought
of it? ;-}
Now, check out for yourself what
you can actually see “straight from a
graphic in the Viewer Pane,” without
ever having to open a program (re # 3
above) to see what you’re actually looking at, like graphics, et al. I’ve captured
for you a graphic straight out of the
Viewer Pane itself, which shows the
“Customize Launchbar,” whereby
I’m adding the ICON for DYCRAV
AutoEnc, so it can be launched straight
from the PDP 7 Launchbar (as well as,
from its customary Desktop ICON).
Fantastic, what?
Looking at the same graphic again,
we can see that by Right Clicking in the
Viewer Pane itself, I can accomplish a
great many tasks, including “View my
Graphic “Full Screen.” When I’m done
with that, I merely Right Click again
and select “Restore Screen” (or hit the
ESC key) and viola, I’m back to normal
Viewer Pane viewing. If I want to, I can
even align the Viewer Pane practically all
over the place: Bottom, Right, Detached,
or Detached Always on top.
Note. You can even Add Notes
to Your Files with the right-click of
your mouse, which can help to organize
your files.
And, FYI you even get MP3 Collection Management capability built
right into PDP 7, which allows users to
create and control playlist files for portable MP3 devices, as well as, other multimedia applications, such as WinAmp
or other MP3 devices. MP3 listeners
are able to play previews of saved music
files, “randomize” the playlist for complete play in random sequence, search
for particular songs within a file, and
even edit music files in a single action.
Also included are some really cool tools
for MP3 users to play previews of files,
search for files, as well as rename and
edit groups of files in a single action.
Now, that should get somebody’s attention in today’s hot
music market?
Some More Facts About Some
Very Powerful Utilities
Now, we’re
getting “Warmer!” PowerDesk 7 Pro
includes an integrated set of major application
utilities. Utilities
that you’d often
have to pay more
for than the price
of PowerDesk
alone, just to
have one of these
“Cool” utilities!
For example:
View and Convert Graphic
Formats - PDP 7 presently converts 31
different graphical formats (count’em;
some I’ve never even heard of) including: JPG (JPEG File Interchange
Format), JTF (Tagged Image File
(with JPEG Compression)), GIF (CompuServe GIF (Animated/Interlaced/
Normal)), TIF (Tagged Image File),
BMP (Windows/OS2 Bitmap), ICO
(Windows Icon), CUR (Windows Cursor), PCD (Kodak PhotoCD), EXF (Fuji
EXF), PCX (PC Paintbrush), WMF
(Windows Meta File), PSD (Adobe
Photoshop 3), PNG (Portable Network
Graphics), TGA (Truevision Targa),
EPS (Encapsulated PostScript (TIFF
header)), RAS (Sun Raster Images),
PCT (Macintosh PICT), FAX (Certain
Fax Formats), MAC (MacPaint), MSP
(Microsoft Paint), IMG (GEM Paint),
ITG (Intergraph Files), XBM (XBitPage 15
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Map), CLP (Windows Clipboard), PPM
(Portable Pixelmap), PGM (Portable
Greymap), PBM (Portable Bitmap),
CUT (Dr. Halo), LBM (Deluxe Paint),
IFF (Interchange File Format), XPM
(XPicmap), XWD (XWindows Dump),
and FLC (Flic Animation). Whew!
Note. With the PDP 7 Graphics
Conversion Manager you no longer will
have to Google search for things like:
Batch Convert File Formats, Image File
Format Converters, Batch Conversion
Software, or Graphics File Converters
(I received about 17,100,000 results
on the latter terms during my Google
search), etc. Nor will you have to
buy separate programs like Hi Jaak,
Verity KeyView Pro, et al., because PDP
7 does it all for you.
And then, to move those huge files
out over the Internet, PDP 7 has Easy
FTP Access in an easy-to-use interface
that lets you easily: 1) View, access and
organize remote FTP sites as though
they were ordinary folders; 2) Drag and
drop data files from the desktop to a
remote FTP server; and, 3) Drag and
drop data files from remote FTP servers
back onto the desktop. Once you have set
up your favorite FTP sites, connecting
with them is simply a single mouse click
away. This feature is very, very valuable
for exchanging large files, or graphics,
too large to be attached to an e-mail, due
to ISP restrictions, for example.
Note. With Easy FTP you no longer need to buy separate programs like
CuteFTP, or learn how to FTP the oldfashioned Smith Barney, i.e., the “Hard
way,” etc., because PDP 7 now does it
all so easily for you.
Now, we’re getting “Hot!”
I’ve saved the very best for last,
the “Security-Related” Stuff. Makes
perfect sense to me, this being my forte
and the 49th Security-related review I’ve
published in BCM since December 1999.
I’m on a roll. Watch out world,
here I come, again!
Caveat. This is the area of PDP 7
that is of MOST critical interest for me
personally. Simply because of my
DYCRAV Security Suite, which is
mentioned all over this review. It
should be for you, as well!
First, we have Archive Manager. Archive Manager allows users to
simultaneously scan an entire list of files
buried in sub-folders, and selectively
view the contents - and even to find text
within multiple archived folders - for a
quick identification of data, plus its location, as well as a simple drag-and-drop
extraction of certain selected files. User’s
can easily compress and/or expand files
from a list of 32 popular compression
formats (See above for a complete list
of the available formats).
Note. With Archive Manager you
no longer have to buy separate programs
like WinZip, PKZip, et al., because PDP
7 does it all for you. You can even make
“Self-extracting ZIP Files,” if you desire,
plus, Password protect them, and regular ZIP Files/Folders, as well. You can
even hide “Comments” inside the ZIP
files. Merely select Archive|Edit Comments, viola.
BTW Passwords are extinct, and
they “Stink,” as I have expounded upon
repeatedly in these reviews. They are the
weak link in all of Security and must be
replaced. PDP 7 is certainly no different
in their use during ZIPPING, etc., than
any of the previous culprits I’ve cut up
in similar reviews.
Here now, are the graphics showing how to create a ZIP File and a Selfextracting ZIP File (Note. In these
examples I’m using the A Book on
CDROM Folder as was shown previously on the last page in the CBC2
graphics section).
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Second, we have File Destroy.
Question. Could one of the items on
your To-do List be, “Destroy Data,” by
any chance? BTW PDP 7 is not geared
specifically to actually keep someone
from being fined the requisite $20 million by the FTC for a security breach incident. However, PDP 7 could have kept
the infamous pair, Monica L. and Ollie
N., completely out of trouble, if they
would have only “Destroyed their
files,” such as with PDP 7 Destroy,
instead of merely “Deleting” them
like they did. For shame, PDP 7 File
Destroy is an exceptionally valuable
tool, one that is generally not adequately
covered, or even discussed in most descriptive segments, OR REVIEWS, such as this
one. File Destroy is
one of my all-time favorites, and has been
my absolute number
1, “Must Have,” security feature, which
dates all the way back
to my very first version
of PowerDesk, many,
many years ago.
Note. With PDP
7, here’s another of
those truly great “Security-related” features.
Now you won’t have to
buy separate programs
like SecureClean, et al.,
for total file cleaning
security.
Third, we have
File Encryption/
Decryption. Here’s
another “Must Have”
security feature, from
my vantage point, i.e.,
File Encryption and/or
Decryption. Most people aren’t even aware
that PDP 7 performs
this vital function, let
alone, “Password Protecting” Zip files (also
with their “Secret” hidden “Comments?”).
Here’s how it’s presently done in PDP 7.
(See the graphics).
DYCRAV could do for PDP 7? Simple
Drag and Drop, that’s all you need to
know how to do in Windows. It’s really
that simple. Maybe you can understand
now, why I’ve been so excited about
PDP 7? They can be absolutely untouchable forever, and ever - Amen! - if
they choose to be so? I have the answer.
‘Nuff said!
Great File Management
In Summary.
Believe you me, after using PowerDesk 7 Pro for just a few days, you’ll
be wondering how you’ve ever lived
without it! Windows Explorer can’t do
a fraction of what PowerDesk 7 Pro
enables you to do! Explorer couldn’t possibly even hold a candle to PowerDesk
7 Pro; matter of fact, it isn’t even close
enough for the candles light to shine on
PDP 7, even if it tried to do so.
In case you’ve missed something
herein, just to refresh your memory,
here’s a “short list” of just a “few” of the
Key Features unique to PowerDesk
Note. DYCRAV does both Encrypting AND Decrypting simply by Dragging
and Dropping the file(s) onto an “Active” window (See again the DYCRAV
Review).
That’s why I’ve spent 12+ years developing “Dynamic” Password Replacement Protocols. It’s called DYCRAV,
which is an acronym for “Dynamic
Challenge-Response (Identity) Authentication and Verification, and I’ve
mentioned its review in the August
2006 BCM numerous times throughout
these “Security-related” reviews. See
the review and simply visualize what
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7 Pro: Updated Interface, Folder Synchronizer, Size Manager, Easy FTP,
Supports 32 different Compression
Formats, Layout Manager, Skins to
Change Appearance, Group file Rename,
Configuration Import/Export, Keyboard
Shortcut Manager, Viewer supports over
150 File Formats, Views and Converts
over 31 different Graphic Formats,
Advanced Instant File Find features,
Playlist Editor, and lots, lots more. Beat
that Explorer!
PDP 7 is absolutely, unbelievably handy, and it’s just chock full of
“Great Goodies.” BUT, BOTTOM
LINE, BELIEVE YOU ME, YOU’LL
FIND THAT YOU TOO, CAN’T
GET ALONG WITHOUT YOUR
VIEWER PANE EITHER; YOU CAN
TAKE THAT TO THE BANK! Then
too, there’s that fabulous Launch
Bar - It’s an absolute “favorite of
mine.” A super handy, time-saving
feature, that’s for sure. Seems as though
I could go on for hours, and hours about
the virtues of PDP 7! But, alas, the time
has come to leave you once again.
Believe it or not folks, this has
only scratched the surface of what
PowerDesk 7 Pro has to offer! As
long-winded as this review seems to be,
know you well, it’s been badly needed
for a very long time, I truly feel. Take
my word for it, “You can enjoy great
peace of mind with PowerDesk 7 Pro.”
Try one on for size yourself. “I love
it!” “I love it!” “I Love it!” And, I know
you will too!
Ciao!
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June 2008, July 2008
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