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Product:
Nero 5
Company: Ahead
Website: http://www.ahead.de
; http://www.wska.com
Estimated Street Price: $69.00
Review By: Julien JAY
Final Results and Overall Mark
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Table Of Contents |
Well we have reached the end of the review. Here are my final comments, notes and grades for Nero 5.
Final Comments
| How It Grades | ||||
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Installation:
80% Performance: 95% Features: 95% Ease of Use: 80% Burning Reliability: 95% Users' Guide: 95% Price: 85% Overall: 90% |
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Nero 5 is still the best way to burn CD-R and CD-RW easily while supporting an amazing number of different settings and features that are needed by power users to create various kind of CDs. It is the most complete burning –state of the art- software out on the market today that is primarily dedicated to advanced users due its complexity. Even if new wizards were included the interface of Nero is still basic and the features organization can be disconcerting especially for the Nero Media Player. The new features really add value to the software and this new release is simply a must have for every burner guru!
| Specs & Package | |
| Overall Score | 90% |
| Version Reviewed | Nero 5.0.2.4 |
| Release Date | Already in stores! |
| Similar to | Adaptec Easy CD Creator 4.02 Deluxe |
| In The Box? | 1
User's guide, 1 CD. |
| The Good Points | Ease
of use Tons of new advanced features New Audio features CD-RW packet software included Burning Reliability Good CD to CD copying feature |
| The Bad Points | Basic
User Interface Setup doesn't install all the components of the suite: you have to run several setup to install the whole thing |
| Reviewers PC Setup | Pentium
III 1 Ghz B Intel VC820 Motherboard Windows Millennium Edition 256 MB PC800 RDRAM w/ECC DirectX 7a 17" Sony Trinitron Monitor Hercules 3D Prophet II Ultra - 64Mb AGP 4x Graphics Card Sound Blaster Live! Platinum Adaptec 19160 Ultra SCSI card Pinnacle Miro DC30+ Pinnacle Studio DV Pinnacle Studio PCTV USB Microsoft TrackBall Optical Microsoft Natural Keyboard Pro DVD Pioneer 105s (16/40x) Tested with the following burners: Yamaha 8824 Ultra SCSI internal burner Yamaha 4416s Iomega ZIPCD 650 USB |
| PC Required | Minimum
System
Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT
4.0 SP3/2000 |
| <-- Audio Features |
