Just be aware that if you end up wanting the current version (2008, out momentarily) there is no money savings in the discount above, it is a wash. So those who aren't settled with other products can probably use this discount to start up with the company.
Thus this upgrade to a new version each year is similar to companies that charge a yearly "maintenance" - except that you can just live with the older version which is still supported.
I realize that is time, effort, vulnerability for a small company, however to me it is a primary feature.Īnd It is true that the normal software model (that doesn't give the company much recurring income) is hard to sustain development. No support or discussion forum with customer q&a on their website that I could see. At $20 you don't have a big investment and you do get value. Most of the individual features (temp file removal, defrag, startup, registry etc) can probably be handled by various freeware however many would prefer a nice utility suite to start rather than finding and developing their personal. Most everybody seems to like the software, it is as advertised (checking snapfiles,fileforum,donationcoder,cnet). If their upgrade policy is a bit tuff, at least the earlier version can continue to be used and is a good product. I would otherwise recommend this program but I'll be looking for another tune up utility for myself!
While the product does have a lot going for it, be aware that annual changes are incremental and don't really qualify as "new versions." Only the name changes with a new year but you will pay a full version upgrade price. Within a few weeks, TU-2007 became available and my UpdateWizard still did not recognize any new version being available. I found this particularly annoying last year when I upgraded to TU 2006 - at the end of the year. Typically, the upgrade adds little to the capabilities of the program (despite the company's hyperbole) and, in view of the slight improvements, the upgrade prices are rather steep.
You will go for the full year and the wizard informs you that no update is available and the next thing you know another annual "update" becomes available - for which you must pay. It comes with an "UpdateWizard" that is useless. I've been using Tune Up Utilities since TU-2004. Tom Speziale I wasn't going to say anything but after reading Roger's comment I thought I'd add to it.
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