New AOL Desktop 10.1
I’m not a big fan of AOL’s software other than the IM. That being said, I found the new 10.1 to be much improved over previous offerings. The 9.x and below took up too much space and added too many ‘hidden’ programs that sucked your computer’s resources. If you are one of those people who still can’t be weened from AOL, you know who you are doctors and lawyers, then give 10.1 a try. First off, it is a fairly lightweight program. Once installed it only has one program that runs all the time instead of like five in the previous versions. You won’t find things like ‘Pure Networks Port Magic’ sucking the life out of your system. I find the speed of the browser surprisingly fast but only because they cache graphics and other often accessed resources. The email part is probably the weakest here. It is peppered with giant ads that take away from an otherwise cleanly laid out program. You can import your other online address to this mix and have it all come into the inbox. If this was five years ago, I was technically challenged and colorblind, I would probably use it if I used AOL for dial-up. But it being 2009, I don’t see a real practical use for this other than to check my @aol.com email. If I had such an address I think the geek police would come and revoke my computer privileges…aol keyword NOOB.
get it here at:
http://daol.aol.com/software/desktop
