Comments on: The Portable Consultant gets portable with Lexar Lightning & PowerToGo http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/ ECM infrastructure architecture... and unrelated matters. Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:58:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: pmh http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/comment-page-1/#comment-16264 pmh Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:02:46 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16264 Thanks for the update, Ronald. In the interest of covering all the alternatives I would add that free open source alternatives to both Creedo and Argo are available: PortableApps.com is a great option. Another commercial option for those interested in a high level of security and privacy is Iron Key: IronKey.com -pmh Thanks for the update, Ronald.

In the interest of covering all the alternatives I would add that free open source alternatives to both Creedo and Argo are available: PortableApps.com is a great option.

Another commercial option for those interested in a high level of security and privacy is Iron Key: IronKey.com
-pmh

]]> By: Ronald Adams http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/comment-page-1/#comment-16136 Ronald Adams Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:34:31 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16136 PowerToGo is a rebranded version of Ceedo, which is an application virtualization solution from Ceedo Technologies, LTD, an Israel-based company. In all honesty, while Ceedo does have its shortcomings - nothing being perfect - it is the best portable applications environment available today. Take U3 for example: All applications must be specially packaged in order to be able to run from a U3 smart drive. PortableApps.com is fine if all you need is a suite of open source applications. MojoPac is useless for any kind of computer consultant because it needs admin privileges to run on the host, and it will not run in Vista. If, however, you wish to run such applications as MS Office, Photoshop, etc, or wish to install any of a multitude of freeware and commercial applications available today, Ceedo is the way to go. "Install Anything" has been renamed. It is now known as Argo. Also, it no longer costs $30. A license for both Ceedo and Argo together costs a mere $39.00, which is a huge savings over purchasing both applications separately. With Ceedo and Argo, you now have .msi support, .NET support is slated for the next release, and you can run just about any application, be it for productivity, diagnostics, surfing the Internet, or whatever from within the Ceedo environment. Ceedo works in Win2K, XP and Vista, and does not require admin privileges to do so. I have worked in the computer industry for almost a decade, and can say without a doubt that Ceedo makes my life much easier. A lot has changed with Ceedo since this article was written. I'd recommend Ceedo to anybody who wants to take their computing environment on the road with them. PowerToGo is a rebranded version of Ceedo, which is an application virtualization solution from Ceedo Technologies, LTD, an Israel-based company.

In all honesty, while Ceedo does have its shortcomings – nothing being perfect – it is the best portable applications environment available today.

Take U3 for example: All applications must be specially packaged in order to be able to run from a U3 smart drive.

PortableApps.com is fine if all you need is a suite of open source applications.

MojoPac is useless for any kind of computer consultant because it needs admin privileges to run on the host, and it will not run in Vista.

If, however, you wish to run such applications as MS Office, Photoshop, etc, or wish to install any of a multitude of freeware and commercial applications available today, Ceedo is the way to go.

“Install Anything” has been renamed. It is now known as Argo. Also, it no longer costs $30. A license for both Ceedo and Argo together costs a mere $39.00, which is a huge savings over purchasing both applications separately.

With Ceedo and Argo, you now have .msi support, .NET support is slated for the next release, and you can run just about any application, be it for productivity, diagnostics, surfing the Internet, or whatever from within the Ceedo environment.

Ceedo works in Win2K, XP and Vista, and does not require admin privileges to do so.

I have worked in the computer industry for almost a decade, and can say without a doubt that Ceedo makes my life much easier.

A lot has changed with Ceedo since this article was written. I’d recommend Ceedo to anybody who wants to take their computing environment on the road with them.

]]> By: The Portable Consultant » Blog Archive » Dell goes virtual… users go broke? http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 The Portable Consultant » Blog Archive » Dell goes virtual… users go broke? Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:17:12 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-1265 [...] (By the way, Sandboxie does this reasonably well for free - or $25 USD if you choose to register. A USB key with SanDisk’s U3 or Lexar’s PowerToGo is another [...] [...] (By the way, Sandboxie does this reasonably well for free – or $25 USD if you choose to register. A USB key with SanDisk’s U3 or Lexar’s PowerToGo is another [...]

]]> By: rob http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 rob Thu, 19 Jul 2007 22:53:11 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-1194 I've had the same problem with the 'collision' between PowerToGo and PortableApps. My solution was to install the PortableApps menu program StartPortableApps.exe, I then moved StartPowerToGo.exe to a new folder PowerToGo in the PortableApps folder. I can now run PowerToGo from the PortableApps menu instead of running PortableApps from PowerToGo. Not a perfect solution as the Ceedo application seems to overwrite any modifications I make to the autorun.ini file, but better than nothing. What's also good is that the PortableApps menu program comes with a backup program that's quite good! Cheers, Rob I’ve had the same problem with the ‘collision’ between PowerToGo and PortableApps. My solution was to install the PortableApps menu program StartPortableApps.exe, I then moved StartPowerToGo.exe to a new folder PowerToGo in the PortableApps folder. I can now run PowerToGo from the PortableApps menu instead of running PortableApps from PowerToGo. Not a perfect solution as the Ceedo application seems to overwrite any modifications I make to the autorun.ini file, but better than nothing. What’s also good is that the PortableApps menu program comes with a backup program that’s quite good!

Cheers, Rob

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