I tried out the Google Desktop Search for a while.

[Kupek]

<div style='font: 10pt verdana; text-align: left; padding: 0% 10% 0% 10%; '>It does exactly what it advertises very well - you can do Google-caliber searches on the contents of your own computer. But I uninstalled it after about a month because I never used it. I never had the need to search my computer; I know what's on my computer and where it is because I have a sensible directory structure for different kinds of files. I can see why some people might use it, but I think that there are many like me who have no need for it.

Yet, Yahoo has now released their own application, and I know MS has made searching a priority in their new filesystem for Longhorn. OSX has Spotlight, which they advertise as a nifty feature. It makes me wonder how much research these companies have put into for the need of sophisticated computer searches.</div>

[the Gray]

<div style='font: 12pt ; text-align: left; '>I have it on my work computer as I have over 10,000 customer designs, and some have similar names.</div>

[Flip]

<div style='font: 10pt Tahoma; text-align: left; '>I did the same thing and deleted it after a few weeks as well. My computer at home is laid out just how i like it and i can find things easy.</div>

[Ishamael]

<div style='font: 14pt "Sans Serif"; text-align: justify; padding: 0% 15% 0% 15%; '>Yeah, my need to search my PC is pretty low too as my computer is (fairly kinda) organized. However on occasion I do search my PC and windows current search function is pretty bad. But until now they've never had much use to fix it. Much more useful in the corporate world I think...</div>