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From: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Norton Commander
Message-ID: <1140@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu>
Date: 20 Apr 88 13:06:59 GMT
References: <297@umn-d-ub.D.UMN.EDU> <4330055@hpindda.HP.COM>
Reply-To: vu0112@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu (Cliff Joslyn)
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In article <4330055@hpindda.HP.COM> hardin@hpindda.HP.COM (John Hardin) writes:
>I don't use Norton Commander, but from the demo that came with 
>Norton Utilities, it looks like a competitor to Xtree.  Personally,
>I like Xtree Professional a lot and would recommend it over what
>I have seen of Norton Commander.  (I'd enjoy hearing dissenting
>opinions, though...)

I found XTREE unusable, even though it has a superior interface, and
better functionality.  XTREE scans *all* the disk directories as it
loads, which takes a *long* time on my turbo XT w/a 30 meg disk.  Norton
reads each directory as it goes there, which is much more efficient. 

>John Hardin


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