Supafly
Premium
join:2000-07-15
Elk Grove, CA
| It works pretty damn well
It takes a while to index because it only does so when you are idle, but still.
The emails are index and displayed through the web browser, maybe a sign of things to come from GMail?
It's EXTREMELY fast, I was able to search the text within a microsoft word documents across my entire hard drive in a split second, try doing that with your normal XP Search feature. |
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navalpatel
join:2003-07-28
Lubbock, TX | All hail...
Since their IPO they have been coming out with all sorts of goodies! :-D |
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ParanoiaInc
join:2002-08-28
Tucker, GA | They haven't come out with my personal spinner, yet. |
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navalpatel
join:2003-07-28
Lubbock, TX | reply to Supafly
Re: It works pretty damn well
hell that would take AGES -- you know instead of WinFS for longhorn they should build on Google's filesystem! its much more efficient!
BTW i know they are not releasing WinFS with the release of Longhorn -- so no comments need on that. |
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nixen
Rockin' the Boxen
Premium
join:2002-10-04
Alexandria, VA
 ·Cox HSI
 ·Speakeasy
| said by navalpatel  :
BTW i know they are not releasing WinFS with the release of Longhorn -- so no comments need on that.
Given that it's been delayed for about a decade, now, I am dubious that WinFS will ever see the light of day. Vaporware, anyone?
-tom
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bubi73
join:2004-02-03
Mundelein, IL | reply to ParanoiaInc
Re: All hail...
Copernic Desktop kinda does the same thing and also offers a few more options:
»www.copernic.com/en/products/des···dex.html |
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BayouBum26
join:2002-01-02
Cape Coral, FL | No way
Not likely to get installed on my system as it only installs on C and requires 1 GB. I will never allow that. |
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Ctrl Alt Del
Premium
join:2002-02-18 | Google is awesome
Google has beaten both Apple and Microsoft to the punch, and done it perfectly.
I love Google.
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ergibbs
To Be Free
Premium,ExMod 2001-05
join:2001-03-07
on the ocean
| reply to BayouBum26
Re: No way
said by BayouBum26 :
...requires 1 GB.
Where did you get that from? I just installed it and it's 400K. From the ZDNet link above:
"To use Google's desktop application, people download the file, which is a thin 400K, or about half the size of its toolbar application. (Users must have 128MB of memory installed on their PC, but the application uses only about 8MB.)"
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minkathebest
join:2003-09-10
Sacramento, CA
clubs: | w00T i got google on my computer
power of google in my computer! yeeehaw! |
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stltech
join:2002-01-27
Florissant, MO | reply to Ctrl Alt Del
Re: Google is awesome
Think I will have to install this when I get home today!
Sweet find!
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ender78
join:2002-10-17
Mississauga, ON | reply to minkathebest
Re: w00T i got google on my computer
The tool is amazing. Just installed it on my work PC. I have indexed tens of thousands of emails, I search them in seconds instead of hours. |
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TKJunkMail
Enjoy the sun
Premium
join:2002-03-03
Avalon, NJ
 ·Sprint Mobile Broa..
·Comcast
| reply to bubi73
Re: All hail...
said by bubi73 :
Copernic Desktop kinda does the same thing and also offers a few more options:
»www.copernic.com/en/products/des···dex.html
Thanks for that Copernic Desktop link. I tried it and it works great.
The Google Desktop wouldn't install because it is incompatible with Computer Associates Antivirus software I run.
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kbennett
join:1999-08-30
San Diego, CA
| reply to ergibbs
Re: No way
said by ergibbs :
said by BayouBum26 :
...requires 1 GB.
Where did you get that from? I just installed it and it's 400K. From the ZDNet link above:
"To use Google's desktop application, people download the file, which is a thin 400K, or about half the size of its toolbar application. (Users must have 128MB of memory installed on their PC, but the application uses only about 8MB.)"
From »desktop.google.com/about.html:
"4. What are the system requirements for running Google Desktop Search?
Google Desktop Search is currently available for Windows XP and Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 and above. To install, you must have administrator privileges (home users shouldn't have this problem; people in offices might). It also requires 500MB of space available on your hard disk. We also recommend a minimum of 128MB of RAM and a 400MHz Pentium processor."
Not exactly 1GB, but still a fair amount of room (I assume that's for indexes and such...) |
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Jehu
Premium
join:2002-09-13
MA | hmm
yep that's what my work computer needs... a photographic memory.
That would get me fired in seconds 
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BayouBum26
join:2002-01-02
Cape Coral, FL | reply to ergibbs
Re: No way
I'mrunning a 2800+ amd with 160 gig HD (not C). I have 1 gig 3200 memory and this is the place I got the info from an error message from the install attempt. I do not know how to include a screen shot. |
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muzscman
Mr. President
Premium,VIP
join:2002-02-15
Florissant, MO
clubs:
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| reply to Jehu
Re: hmm
said by Jehu :
yep that's what my work computer needs... a photographic memory.
That would get me fired in seconds
yeah....u and all your midget and goat porn...
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sollo
join:2004-02-01
Brownwood, TX
1 edit | reply to Jehu
Firefox Indexing :(
Must... have... Firefox support. They say they are considering [ »desktop.google.com/support/bin/a···opic=168 ] it so send them feedback [ »desktop.google.com/support/bin/r···Continue ] if you are a firefox user! |
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Ctrl Alt Del
Premium
join:2002-02-18
| reply to bubi73
Re: All hail...
said by bubi73 :
Copernic Desktop kinda does the same thing and also offers a few more options:
»www.copernic.com/en/products/des···dex.html
I like this Copernic better than Google's Desktop Search at the moment. However, if Google improves theirs (I don't like how it works inside a web browser), I'll have to check it out.
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MightyPez
join:2002-05-01
Saint Paul, MN
·Comcast
| Alta Vista?
I remember years ago (around the time Netscape 3 was cock of the walk) Alta Vista released something similar. I gave it a shot and realized that the "search for files and folders" feature in windows really didn't need the assistance. The damn thing really latched onto my stsem too. |
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