By Henry Casey
Overview and specs
Modern computer companies, most notably Microsoft and Apple, sell us on their operating systems being as low maintenance as possible. This wasn’t always the case: back in the Windows 95 & 98 days, only a rookie wouldn’t defragment their hard drive regularly. As the years passed, protecting and maintaining one’s computer became a part-time job, and thus an industry was born. Virus Protection become a marquee feature, a charge led by Norton, McAfee and others.
System Mechanic 14.5, which retails for $49.95 US (£33, AU$64), aims to take care of the software upkeep and maintenance that some companies, especially those whose specialty isn’t technology, would normally depend on an IT person for.
One of System Mechanic’s main competitors SlimCleaner (free, and available as SlimCleaner Plus, currently discounted to $29.97 (about £20, AU$38), also boasts that it will speed up your system, but makes no claims to your internet speed. What it does offer, and something that System Mechanic doesn’t mention, is increased battery life. According to SlimCleaner support, the difference found in their Plus version is 24/7 support, which includes holidays. It also claims tech support can remotely log into your computer to perform system maintenance, …read more
Source: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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