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729874990 218dc8a03f Soluto Part 2 Overall Review And Thoughts

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This is a guest post by Mick Wanchek.

A while back I wrote an article about Soluto and how it was the winner at “TechCruch Disrupt” award for best new technology. In my article I talked about Soluto and gave a brief background and overview of it; will now I am here to talked about my experiences with it and give my own option on this new “anti-frustration software.”

Once I signed up for the beta, I received an email from them within a few days. The download and install of the software was easy and it took my HP laptop (Win 7 and 6GB of RAM) about 25 mins to install. After it was done, I restarted my laptop and Soluto did its thing. It followed and analyzed my start-up and after it was done; told me how long it took and broke down each of the programs that were running. The first time it ran my laptop took about 2:10 to start-up, after I used the software and changed some programs around my laptop only took 1:28 to start-up. After I used it for about a week, I tired it out on my old Dell laptop. The install took a little longer, but still worked. (I have Wins XP and 1GB of RAM on that machine).

One of the big things Soluto is doing is the “PC Genome”. This project is a way to see why our computers are running slow. It helps all of Soluto’s users by informing them what apps, programs, updates, etc, are causing their computers to run slow. The data collected from everyone using Soluto is stored in one big database. You can’t really see the database it self, but you can tell when you click the “My PC Just Frustrates Me” tab.

Soulto is currently in its beta stage. Anyone interested in trying out this new software for themselves should go to there the main page Soluto.com and sign-up for the beta and newsletter. After trying it out on two different laptops and a desktop, I would have to say Soluto definitely does a great job. I liked how it broke down the start up programs for each of the individual PC’s. If you have Soluto running in the background, it will gain more data and help your PC’s preform better then if you close it after start up.

Mick Wancheck, a Penn State Alum, has a blog on Tumblr – miicko9.tumblr.com – where he jots down his random thoughts.  He also has a Twitter account @Micko9 where he talks sports, technology, and whatever is on his mind.

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Posted in Technology | Comments (7)

  • http://bluetinko9.tumblr.com/ Laurin

    Good article Mick!!

    I also started to use Soluto after reading your 1st article on this topic. I am very happy for what it has done for me and would agree with your comments.

    I installed the software on my older HP laptop (Wins Vista 64bit, 3GB RAM, 250 HD) and the install time was fairly short. The only problem I had was with Microsoft .Net Framwork. Mine was outdated so I had to get some help on getting it updated to use this software (Thanks Mick).

    Overall, I am happy with Soluto and would recommended it to anyone who wants to speed up or find out why there computer runs slow.

  • http://twitter.com/PsuGirl291B Nicole

    WOW Mick!!! This sounds like really cool software. You will have to explain it more to me since all I can get is that it helps make my computer run faster, which is always a good thing :)

    So..When you going to install it on my laptop?? Please

  • Steve

    Nice work Mick.

    I remember you telling me about this and reading about it on your Tumblr.
    I will def have to give it a try, since you said it helped boosts your laptop. I have an older Dell (Win XP) and it prob has so much stuff on it that I maybe this could help me.

  • http://dkangel09.tumblr.com Bailey

    Very Cool Article..I will have to give this a try soon. My computer Sucks!!

    I will also have to look for more of your articles

  • http://www.socialtechzone.com Frank

    I appreciate that, Bailey. I’m glad you enjoy the articles written here. I’m always trying new things here to appeal to different types of people.

  • http://www.socialtechzone.com Frank

    I never even heard about it before Mick starting writing his articles on the topic. I’ve never used it myself, but now Mick has me wanting to check it out as well. I think we have a marketer on our hands!

  • http://miicko9.tumblr.com/ Mick

    I can look at your laptop when ever you come to visit me, lol. I will give you a call later

    Thanks for checking out my articles EVERYONE!!