Comments on: PortableApps Saves My Bacon

By: Shawn

Shawn — Thu, 21 May 2009 19:26:28 +0000

I always come back to portablefreeware.com for this reason: it’s always the first google link for the free version of Faststone Capture — my favorite screen capture program.

By: Avatare

Avatare — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:01:08 +0000

Yeah man… I love portable apps. I hope that the guys from portableapps will not stop from doing this. They are unique.

By: TSIStu

TSIStu — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:08:33 +0000

Thankfully I haven’t had the need for something like PortableApps up to now but it sounds like just the ticket in the event of hardware failure (provide you have the all important data backed up!).

Going to take a look at it now so that I’m up to speed on how to make use of it when the inevitable death of a PC next happens.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:18:47 +0000

PortableApps sounds interesting, I must give a try. Are there any other advantages except portability? ;]

By: Web Hosting Art

Web Hosting Art — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:34:40 +0000

Portable apps are indeed more usefull than the “full”, installable counterpart version. It makes me wonder why small developers are capable enough to produce such usefull applications when the “original” developer makes an application that needs to be installed and hooked to operating system in order to work.

By: Steve Kehoe

Steve Kehoe — Tue, 05 May 2009 23:25:41 +0000

I have a 2007 HP desktop which had a total motherboard failure Dec 08. Fortunately I had bought the extended coverage from Radio Shack and they got it repaired at no cost to me. Radio Shack ended up sending it back to HP to have the mother board replaced.
This is the 4th HP desktop I have had over the years and the first time I’ve had any problem at all. Is this a sign of declining quality control at HP?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 05 May 2009 21:42:23 +0000

Never heard of PortableApps before. I’m definitly going to have to check it out.

Also, it’s a good idea to have battery backups. I’ve had computers crash or even die and lost everything. I learned the hard way that backing up information is a good idea.

By: Joel McLaughlin

Joel McLaughlin — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:10:48 +0000

Good points, I don’t have the best data recovery procedures in place, but this makes me re-think my ways of saving information.

By: Emir

Emir — Sat, 02 May 2009 23:02:42 +0000

Yeah, very cool software solution. I also used it for a while, but I gave up on it. Firstly, for the limitations of having everything run from a USB. E.g. trying to create profiles on Firefox portable. Secondly, similarly as the one above, everything is a bit slow on PortableApps. But I hope that all this will change as time passes. Good idea anyways

By: Miami WebDesign

Miami WebDesign — Sat, 02 May 2009 08:50:40 +0000

You are right PortableApps Suite is very useful and gives you a facility to use your browser profile anywhere