Comments on: You Should Try Windows Desktop Search http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/ Jerry and Cathy Hertzler blog from Orlando, Florida with Campus Crusade for Christ. Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:33:36 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jerry http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/comment-page-1/#comment-856 Jerry Thu, 28 Sep 2006 11:42:09 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/#comment-856 I haven't used Spotlight personally, so I can't compare speed, but both Google and Windows Desktop Search perform the searches inside files, too. Windows Desktop Search is a bit sluggish. It finds initial results quickly, but opening a full search window takes it several seconds. I haven’t used Spotlight personally, so I can’t compare speed, but both Google and Windows Desktop Search perform the searches inside files, too.

Windows Desktop Search is a bit sluggish. It finds initial results quickly, but opening a full search window takes it several seconds.

]]> By: Anonymous http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/comment-page-1/#comment-855 Anonymous Thu, 28 Sep 2006 03:26:19 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/#comment-855 They haven't caught up yet - not even close. Having uses both google desktop on XP and spotlight on OS X, there is no comparison. Spotlight is MUCH faster, and doesn't just search for files; it searches the contents of the files. It can search the contents of word docs, pdfs, music lyrics... They haven’t caught up yet – not even close. Having uses both google desktop on XP and spotlight on OS X, there is no comparison. Spotlight is MUCH faster, and doesn’t just search for files; it searches the contents of the files. It can search the contents of word docs, pdfs, music lyrics…

]]> By: Jim Southard http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/comment-page-1/#comment-854 Jim Southard Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:12:44 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/#comment-854 It looks like the world has finally caught up with Apple again. "Spotlight" comes built into Mac OS X and has for some time. It's faster than all get out too. It looks like the world has finally caught up with Apple again. “Spotlight” comes built into Mac OS X and has for some time. It’s faster than all get out too.

]]> By: rob http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/comment-page-1/#comment-853 rob Fri, 15 Sep 2006 01:53:46 +0000 http://hertzlers.com/2006/09/14/you-should-try-windows-desktop-search/#comment-853 Microsoft better than Google in anything? Say it ain't so! Microsoft better than Google in anything? Say it ain’t so!

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