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PortableApps.com suite 1.5 released
The PortableApps.com application suite is a package of Windows programs that you can run from a USB flash drive. The platform comes with a program menu that pops up when you insert your USB stick, or when you launch the program, and a suite of apps including a web browser, instant messenger, and office suite.The latest version of the PortableApps.com suite comes with a new theme that adds a few visual effects. It also allows you to rename application icons and hide icons for programs you don't want to show up in the menu. Platform 1.5 also allows you to run application as an administrator and includes support for 37 languages.
The PortableApps.com suite comes in comes in three flavors. You can download the platform which basically gives you the app launcher and a few other utilities, allowing you to install just the applications you want from the PortableApps web site. Or you can choose the full sutie which includes the full version of OpenOffice.org Portable and weighs in at 355MB once installed. The Light suite takes up just 150MB of disk space, and comes with the AbiWord Portable word processor instead of OpenOffice.org Portable.
If you already have an earlier build of the application platform on your removable storage, the installer should recognize your existing data and perform an upgrade instead of a fresh install.
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Subscribe to commentsKenn.keeperMar 9th 2009 8:27PM
One terrific piece of freeware,,,But should come with a warning to new users that are on Dial-up. Unless they can wait a week at 4kbs. TG for Broadband.
gonintendoMar 9th 2009 8:28PM
If you're still on dial-up, you don't deserve a computer.
Kenn.keeperMar 9th 2009 8:47PM
There are people who aren't able to afford or have in their communities Broadband connectivity. When you become an adult you may be more aware of this. In the meantime this place is too nice for childish remarks.....
Kenn (Keeper)
MikeMar 9th 2009 10:12PM
As far as I know Kenn, there are no dial-up solutions that are currently cheaper than crappy DSL. Usually a 768k DSL connection costs less than a dialup one. And wherever there is dial-up, there is DSL. They both use phone lines and can pretty much go anywhere.
Also, its quite rude of you to assume someone's age. Your assumptions are more childish than his over-the-top remark. Indeed, with the current state of things, most people stay with dial-up thinking its cheaper and all that they can afford, when they merely need to research some more.
The only people that have a valid excuse are backwoods hermits that can only get sattelite connections.
JasonMar 10th 2009 7:43AM
Hey Mike, before you start spouting off to people about being rude you might want to look up "Hypocrite" in the dictionary. Yeah that stupid "backwoods hermit" comment. Most of the country is rural areas, that doesn't make these people backwoods hermits. As for dial-up prices it most certainly is cheaper than the lowest end DSL in most places, and many people only need it for things like email anyway.
jjpriest25Mar 9th 2009 10:20PM
Yeah. I'm one of those people who can't get anything faster than dial-up. I'm afraid that is a very ignoramus statement you just made(gonintendo) I've been stuck with dial-forever, and I live in a fairly large community within 5-6 miles of a fairly large city! Of course I could pay 70 bucks a month for slow, unreliable satellite internet, which also has an incredibly reductive cap, but I know people that say they prefer dial-up to the satellite alternative.
I find it interesting( and cool) that they include sudoku in the package as well. I've got a 16 gig stick on the way from newegg, so I'll probably add this to it.
jjpriest25Mar 9th 2009 10:34PM
Oddly enough, Mike, I can't get DSL through my phone line....I check at&t's site about once a month hoping that something has changed--but never anything. People try not to take it for-granted that you have high speed. It's awful without it.
psycrosMar 10th 2009 7:43AM
Mike, to put this as kindly as I can, you are completely ignorant regarding DSL and probably all things technical. DSL is NOT available everywhere that dial-up is and probably never will be. Due to signal limitations, even when carried over well-maintained copper DSL is available only within three miles of the local CO. That limits connectivity to within a mile or so of most municipalities. Over 30% of the American population lives outside that lucky radius. There is NO practical and affordable broadband solution for those who live beyond the reach of cable or DSL. You're only options are satellite which isn't even worth mentioning, or a cell data connection, which is both very expensive for what it delivers and booby-trapped with expensive usage caps.
Your comment was highly immature and misinformed. In short, you made a fool of yourself.
JohnnyMay 6th 2009 7:41AM
Its quite rude of you to assume someone's age. Your assumptions are more childish than his over-the-top remark. Indeed, with the current state of things, most people stay with dial-up thinking its cheaper and all that they can afford. Does it support copy or convert mp3 to zune or psp using software from http://www.copy-dvd.org??I check at&t's site about once a month hoping that something has changed--but never anything.