Forum Home
Press F1
 
Thread ID: 25776 2002-10-11 18:34:00 Want to Know all about your computer Laurie (485) Press F1
Post ID Timestamp Content User
88364 2002-10-11 18:34:00 AIDA32 v3.2 [1.5M] W9x/2k/XP FREE
www.aida32.hu
{System report/benchmark} First, I want to start out by saying that I can't believe the product
is free. I have never seen a system-reporting tool that is so well put together. If there was
anything you wanted to know about your computer, this is the application that will find and
tell you about what you are looking for. Want to know the motherboard CPU Package Type?
Done! Want to know the BIOS type? Done! There are so many areas of reporting that this
application covers that I couldn't possibly name them all. Heck, I haven't even found them all!
Don't worry. The application is easy to use, and you don't have to be "super tech" to
understand it all. AIDA32 will also let you export your summary results in TXT, HTML,
MHTML, XML, CSV, MIF, and INI file formats. AIDA32 comes in three flavors: Enterprise,
Personal, and Network. The last two versions fit on a floppy, making it the perfect tool for
desktop technicians. Basically, all that I can say is that you would have to be CRAZY not to
download this product. A program this well created may not stay free forever, although I hope
it does! [BS]
Laurie (485)
88365 2002-10-11 20:50:00 Hi Laurie

Aida sure looks interesting, but how about giving us the benefit of your prior experience and indicating which download to go for. There are several options (not just exe or zip of course) and it would save long downloads for dial-up connections. I'm on Jetstream so it doesn't bother me but I'd still like to save time if I can.

Cheers

Billy 8-{)
Billy T (70)
88366 2002-10-11 21:33:00 I d/l'd the enterprise version and took it for a spin. I like it, thanks. helvista (1745)
88367 2002-10-11 21:49:00 Excellent program, just tried the Personal version. Really good, and I liked the url links to the hardware manufacturers. As you say it fits on a floppy, so the program is portable. THAT is its main advantage as you can easily check out other computers, after all you should know whats on your OWN computer :)

Programs like Syscheck are now way out of date and not much use.
Terry Porritt (14)
88368 2002-10-12 01:10:00 What about Norton's SI, Terry? It tells you how much faster the computer is than an original PC or XT. I've still got it on a few floppies ... including 5.25" 360k ones :D Graham L (2)
88369 2002-10-12 02:33:00 I never had Nortons Sysinfo Graham, but the dos ones are more preferable :) for checking computers with no OS, like you often get at auctions.
There are not many upto date ones around now, there is Dr Hardware at:
http://www.dr-hardware.com/ but that is a bit pricy for what it does. An older shareware version of that used to crash when video testing, so I went off it.
PC-Config is another fairly recent dos sysinfo, but that hasnt been updated for about 2 years, and the shareware version is a bit crippled, http://www.holin.com
Terry Porritt (14)
88370 2002-10-12 02:43:00 I've found the best disk for looking at auction boxes is a Linux boot floppy. The hardware detection is brilliant. (I've even used the 8086 version). Graham L (2)
88371 2002-10-12 03:09:00 hi laurie, which one r u talking about, Enterprise System Information, Personal System Information, phillip pond (435)
88372 2002-10-12 05:30:00 The differences between personal, network and enterprise edition are here (www.aida32.hu)



G P
Graham Petrie (449)
88373 2002-10-12 06:36:00 I am happy most of you like it. I thought it might be of interest for some of the Readers. I have installed the Enterprise edition, the Personal edition will fit on a floppy. Only took about 15 minutes to download on my 56k dialup ( cut down to 33k due to our area in the Taranaki )
Cheers all
Laurie
Laurie (485)
1 2