No more AIDA32!!!

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*Vanguard*

Larc said in news:[email protected]:
This may already be old news to some, but I just stumbled on the info
that AIDA32 has been transferred to Lavalys, Inc., and is now called
Everest Home Edition (v.1.10.106). It's available here:

http://www.lavalys.com/products/download.php?dlid=1&lang=en

Still free, of course! :)
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But is Everest *Home* Edition the same as AIDA32 *Enterprise* Edition (that was free, too)? The latest version of AIDA32 EE that I have is 3.90.02; I downloaded it when hearing of the supposed demise of AIDA32. The download page for Everest Home says the latest version is 1.10. The product news page at http://www.lavalys.com/news.php?article=6 notes several fixes and changes. I wonder if my AIDA32 3.90.02 has those (so Everest 1.10 is really the same version) or if there have been changes made afterward so Everest 1.10 is really a later version than AIDA32 3.90.02.

I'm surprised there is no mention in the product description of its ancestry relating it to AIDA32. Might be part of a non-disclosure agreement between Miklos (the author) and Lavalys; see http://www.lavalys.com/news.php?article=8 where AIDA is mentioned.
 
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Miss Perspicacia Tick

*Vanguard* said:
Larc said in news:[email protected]:


But is Everest *Home* Edition the same as AIDA32 *Enterprise* Edition
(that was free, too)? The latest version of AIDA32 EE that I have is
3.90.02; I downloaded it when hearing of the supposed demise of
AIDA32. The download page for Everest Home says the latest version
is 1.10. The product news page at
http://www.lavalys.com/news.php?article=6 notes several fixes and
changes. I wonder if my AIDA32 3.90.02 has those (so Everest 1.10 is
really the same version) or if there have been changes made afterward
so Everest 1.10 is really a later version than AIDA32 3.90.02.

I'm surprised there is no mention in the product description of its
ancestry relating it to AIDA32. Might be part of a non-disclosure
agreement between Miklos (the author) and Lavalys; see
http://www.lavalys.com/news.php?article=8 where AIDA is mentioned.
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Everest isn't related to AIDA32 in any way, shape or form, other than the
guy who developed AIDA is now Head of Development at Lavalys. They are
mutually exclusive, despite performing a similar function. I still prefer
AIDA, however, as it reveals installation keys.
 
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hxbarney

Miss said:
Everest isn't related to AIDA32 in any way, shape or form, other than the
guy who developed AIDA is now Head of Development at Lavalys. They are
mutually exclusive, despite performing a similar function. I still prefer
AIDA, however, as it reveals installation keys.
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The latest version of Belarc Advisor gives the installation keys,
expecially handy for WIN XP.
 
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Synapse Syndrome

The latest version of Belarc Advisor gives the installation keys,
expecially handy for WIN XP.
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I haven't used any of these benchmarking programs for a couple of years now.
Now that I am going to build a new PC and reconfigure and upgrade a couple o
f other, I want to know what you guys thought about these programs.

So I have only used Sandra. How does Belarc Advisor, AIDA and Everest
compare with eachother, and with Sandra? And which ones are suitable for
using on older systems as well (upto 3 years old) ?

Cheers

ss.
 
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Synapse Syndrome

Miss Perspicacia Tick said in
Everest isn't related to AIDA32 in any way, shape or form, other than
the guy who developed AIDA is now Head of Development at Lavalys.
They are mutually exclusive, despite performing a similar function. I
still prefer AIDA, however, as it reveals installation keys.
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Not "in any way" related? Miklos, author of AIDA32, gets hired by Lavalys
on April 19, 2004, which obviously was arranged before the announcement.
Lavalys then comes out later with Everest Home and Pro versions on May 3,
2004. Just a coincidence that Miklos is now at Lavalys and now Lavalys has
a product that has a very nearly identical interface and feature set as
AIDA32? Nope. Lavalys only has one other [publicly available] product than
Everest, and Everest came out after they got Miklos. What, you don't think
Miklos is susceptible to money either by Lavalys paying him for his code or
giving him royalties on its sale? I'm sure Miklos wasn't getting much with
his donation scheme for all his hard work.

Yep, the FAQ screenshot for Everest Home shows Licenses and Filetypes are
missing under the Software node in the tree list. However, the FAQ
screenshot for Everest Professional shows all the same nodes under the
Software tree node as AIDA32 EE, including Licenses and Filetypes, along
with a couple new nodes for Custom Programs and File Scanner. To me, it
looks very much like AIDA32 got split between 2 flavors of Everest: Home and
Pro. The Home version of Everest gives you most but not all of AIDA32 but
you have to buy the Pro version to get the rest (along with more features
that got added in Everest beyond what AIDA32 has but the Pro version also
drops some AIDA32 features that they put in the Home version of Everest,
like benchmarks). So AIDA32 EE sits between Everest Home and Everest Pro.

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I wouldn't worry about what she says. She has a history of blowing up
computers in an effort to overclock them.

ss.
 
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*Vanguard*

Miss Perspicacia Tick said in
Everest isn't related to AIDA32 in any way, shape or form, other than
the guy who developed AIDA is now Head of Development at Lavalys.
They are mutually exclusive, despite performing a similar function. I
still prefer AIDA, however, as it reveals installation keys.
Click to expand...

Not "in any way" related? Miklos, author of AIDA32, gets hired by Lavalys on April 19, 2004, which obviously was arranged before the announcement. Lavalys then comes out later with Everest Home and Pro versions on May 3, 2004. Just a coincidence that Miklos is now at Lavalys and now Lavalys has a product that has a very nearly identical interface and feature set as AIDA32? Nope. Lavalys only has one other [publicly available] product than Everest, and Everest came out after they got Miklos. What, you don't think Miklos is susceptible to money either by Lavalys paying him for his code or giving him royalties on its sale? I'm sure Miklos wasn't getting much with his donation scheme for all his hard work.

Yep, the FAQ screenshot for Everest Home shows Licenses and Filetypes are missing under the Software node in the tree list. However, the FAQ screenshot for Everest Professional shows all the same nodes under the Software tree node as AIDA32 EE, including Licenses and Filetypes, along with a couple new nodes for Custom Programs and File Scanner. To me, it looks very much like AIDA32 got split between 2 flavors of Everest: Home and Pro. The Home version of Everest gives you most but not all of AIDA32 but you have to buy the Pro version to get the rest (along with more features that got added in Everest beyond what AIDA32 has but the Pro version also drops some AIDA32 features that they put in the Home version of Everest, like benchmarks). So AIDA32 EE sits between Everest Home and Everest Pro.
 
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*Vanguard*

Hamman said in news:[email protected]:
*yawn*

yes, it changed over a while back. Theyve started improving it
already. AIDA32 used to hang my new NF2 Ultra board, Everest doesnt.

hamman
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Do you have the freebie Home version of Everest, or the $30 Pro version?

I don't think 2 months makes a long time to be yawning that it is old news, especially since the author said he was abandoning the product rather than selling it off for further development (which he will head). Users aren't exactly going to be continually monitoring for the rebirth of a product that has been declared dead and abandoned.
 
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George

Synapse Syndrome said:
I haven't used any of these benchmarking programs for a couple of years now.
Now that I am going to build a new PC and reconfigure and upgrade a couple o
f other, I want to know what you guys thought about these programs.

So I have only used Sandra. How does Belarc Advisor, AIDA and Everest
compare with eachother, and with Sandra? And which ones are suitable for
using on older systems as well (upto 3 years old) ?

Cheers

ss.
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They aren't (at least AIDA and Belarc Advisor) benchmarking programs...they
are system information
programs as they provide system configuration info not speed comparisons.
I've only used AIDA and Belarc Advisor and prefer AIDA...seems to give more
info and I like the format better. BTW--I've used
them on every computer in the house, including one that is 6 years old so
you should be fine.
 
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*Vanguard*

Synapse Syndrome said in
I wouldn't worry about what she says. She has a history of blowing up
computers in an effort to overclock them.
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Omit the word "up". ;->
 
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Synapse Syndrome

George said:
They aren't (at least AIDA and Belarc Advisor) benchmarking programs...they
are system information
programs as they provide system configuration info not speed comparisons.
I've only used AIDA and Belarc Advisor and prefer AIDA...seems to give more
info and I like the format better. BTW--I've used
them on every computer in the house, including one that is 6 years old so
you should be fine.
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Ok thanks. I suppose an old version of Sandra is what I have to use.

ss.
 

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