Desktop Search on a slow PC?

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Hello group,

I'm trying to decide between Google Desktop Search and MSN Desktop Search
for a marginally equipped PC. I have a convenience PC at home that is only
used for Internet browsing, e-mails and dumping photos from a digital
camera. It's a 1GHz Celeron /256Mb RAM / 40Gb HD e-PC by HP, which is not
known for its performance, but it's very small and fits into the little
bit of space I have left.

Does anyone have enough experience with both Google and MSN desktop
searches to tell if there is any difference in performance and if I even
have to bother with either software on a Celeron PC?

Thanks for all your input!

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[Seneschal]

Unfortunately my experience is that MSN Desktop Search will really slow down
your machine. I have an Athlon XP 1900+ at home with 768 MB but it really
slows down the system. I do have a large index of emails (50,000 +
messages). For that machine I chose to use Google Desktop Search after much
comparison.
My computer at work has a 2.4 GHz Celeron and it works OK with MSN. The
initial indexing is slow for 160,000 items but response time is acceptable.
I'm getting a new computer next week with Intel Pentium 630 so that should
speed it up a bit.

"StephenB" wrote:

> info_at_1-sc...@foo.com (www.1-script.com) wrote:
>
> >Hello group,
> >
> >I'm trying to decide between Google Desktop Search and MSN Desktop Search
> >for a marginally equipped PC. I have a convenience PC at home that is only
> >used for Internet browsing, e-mails and dumping photos from a digital
> >camera. It's a 1GHz Celeron /256Mb RAM / 40Gb HD e-PC by HP, which is not
> >known for its performance, but it's very small and fits into the little
> >bit of space I have left.
> >
> >Does anyone have enough experience with both Google and MSN desktop
> >searches to tell if there is any difference in performance and if I even
> >have to bother with either software on a Celeron PC?
> >
> >Thanks for all your input!
>

> I have minimal experience with Google Desktop Search, but the MSN Desktop Search
> will work okay on your "marginal" PC. You might see some sluggishness while it
> indexes, but not much, in my opinion. You can always uninstall it if you
> disagree.
> -steve
>
> --
> Stephen Boots
> MVP MSN.COM
> sbo...@mvps.org
>

[Braain]

responding to
http://www.1-script.com/forums/Desktop-Search-on-a-slow-PC-article968--11.htm
Braain wrote:
Oh okay 5 years ago the situation was clearly different but I think this
may be of help for others. A good Desktop search tool which wasn't
developped in 2005 I think is lookeen, originally an Outlook search tool,
it is also able to search your Desktop very fast. And I haven't noticed
any restrictions till now.