Total Recall — Desktop Search Products Reviewed

PC Magazine has a nice review of the desktop search space.

Desktop search tools really can make our lives easier, and since so many of them are free, there’s little reason not to give one a try. Your mailbox isn’t getting any more manageable, your hard drive isn’t getting emptier, and after all, finding something on the PC right in front of you should be as easy as finding something on the Web.

And, I’m happy to spoil with their conclusion: “Our favorite, Yahoo! Desktop Search, is actually based on the same core software as the $75 X1 Desktop Search, and it offers almost all the same features.” (The main feature that Yahoo! didn’t pick up in their free version of X1 is the ability to index email outside of Outlook, specifically Eudora and Mozilla/Thunderbird.)