Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think.com!paperboy!hsdndev!husc6!hscfsas1!kenh From: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu (Ken Hancock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps Subject: Re: Where's the new Stuffit Deluxe? Message-ID: <5441@husc6.harvard.edu> Date: 23 Jan 91 14:37:20 GMT References: <1991Jan21.162229.12425@rodan.acs.syr.edu> <5416@husc6.harvard.edu> Sender: news@husc6.harvard.edu Organization: Isle Systems - Waltham, MA Lines: 41 In article ckd@cs.bu.edu (Christopher Davis) writes: > > Ken> == Ken Hancock > > Ken> The new copy we bought at work included a 23-page "StuffIt Deluxe > Ken> 2.0 Addendum." Funny, but that wasn't in my upgrade package. > >Look on disk 2. It's there. They even offer to send you the hardcopy >free if you really want it. Oops..I'll have to eat my words on that one... I looked on Disk 2 briefly and saw Disinfectant 2.4 and some other "stuff". (Munching on my foot, right now...) > Ken> Worse yet, is that it was version 2.0 which has already been > Ken> superceeded by version 2.0.1 (evidently there's a bug which > Ken> doesn't convert 1.5.1 archives correctly). Aladdin has promised > Ken> an updater, but I haven't seen it as of yet. As I'm not on AOL or CIS, it took awhile to filter down my way, but as John Starta pointed out, it was up before MacWorld... > Ken> As for speed, I'll leave that until I'm done testing and timing, but it > Ken> looks like you'll all be "treated" to some more rantings and ravings. > Ken> (HINT: I've recently switched to Compactor...) > >It's noticeably faster than 1.0.1 was. I haven't head-to-head compared >it to Compactor, yet, but it's definitely faster than the older version >was. Well, I'll at least stick by this one as my ground is already pretty shaky...my timing tests so far, with the same options on, same compression modes, have SD 2.0 slower than 1.0. True enough you can use "Best Guess" which is faster, but that's chaning other variables as well... Ken -- Ken Hancock | INTERNET: kenh@hscfsas1.harvard.edu Isle Systems | Disclaimer: My opinions are mine, Macintosh Consulting | your opinions are yours. Simple, isn't it?