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Subject: Re: Qs on After Dark and DiskExpress II
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Date: 27 Feb 91 23:20:31 GMT
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siow@fox.cs.wisc.edu (Alan Siow) writes:

>I've read many praises of After Dark both on and off this newsgroup, but
>how exactly is it different from/better than something like Pyro?

>I seem to remember reading that DiskExpress II is capable of optimizing
>in the background.  Is this feature supported in the currently available
>version or is it expected in a future release?

>Responses/comments appreciated.

>----
>Alan Siow
>siow@cs.wisc.edu


With the latest release of Pyro, making it also 'modular', both After Dark
and Pyro are basically equivalent.  Personally I use After Dark.
(in fact, I just posted a new module I just wrote in comp.binaries.mac)

DiskExpressII optimizes in the backgraound in its current version.  It works 
well, if you don't mind your hard disk whirring when you aren't working.
(It kicks in after a few minutes and 'does its thing' similar to a screen saver)
Having the disk access light flicker frequently when my machine was just sitting
there unnerved me, so I usually only run it 'on purpose' now, instead of
continually in the background.



Dan Walkowski
Univ. of Illinois, Dept. of Comp. Sci.
walkowsk@cs.uiuc.edu