Awesome sauce!

Pros: An excellent front-end for Lame with a plain, functional, easy to use GUI, I?m impressed.

Lame.exe is already installed, *no need to hunt for it and Lame FE 1 does use the current 3.97 full release* writes ID3 v2 tags for mp3 output and supports drag and drop. There are two modes, simple and expert. The automatic simple mode won?t satisfy most users but the expert mode is so easy to switch to and use, after switching just click on LAME/load LAME settings and make your choice before using the tabbed LAME settings option. The expert mode is definitely one of the easiest I?ve ever used.

I thoroughly recommend Lame FE 1 to anyone who wants to use Lame with minimum hassle, it?s great. =)

Posted: 01-May-2008 11:11:08 PM

Simple but quality

Pros: I was surprised at how good a product Swiftdisc is, it's a great burning tool, simple to use and comparatively light on system resources compared to many products. Very low error margins too, i gave the trial version a good workout. =)

It creates impressive sounding wav audio cdrs from files which haven't been treated prior to burning in Swiftdisc, even from 128kbps files. For top quality cdrs I recommend extracting to wav with Exact Audio Copy s/ware first though, *the best audio grabber in existence and it's free!!! Google it as links aren't allowed in reviews and the EAC s/ware here is an earlier version.* and choose the don't convert option when burning in Swiftdisc.

I would say Nero and CD Architect s/ware are better burners but Swiftdisc comes surprisingly close and as a newish product it's one to watch. Think it would be a good idea they stick to their less complex format in future development though, it makes them a great alternative.

Posted: 31-Mar-2008 08:23:51 PM

The best free anti-virus

Pros: I downloaded this to make a data disk 4 my nephew's first laptop. This was on the recommendation of a friend who's been online since '96 and would never pay while avg is around, he loves it. This is an effective product, it starts up quicker than mcafee and norton too so ur not stuck in limbo too long.

Cons: It's a free product offering real time support, i don't see any cons.

Posted: 24-Nov-2006 04:24:21 PM