System Mechanic 9 Improves Performance2009-09-17y Ian Harac
Iolo's System Mechanic 9 ($50, 30-day free trial) is a powerful and deep set of tools for analyzing and optimizing your Windows system. It is easy to use, with an elegant interface and an extraordinary degree of customizability and fine control. Unfortunately, it has one issue that could cost some time.
Let's look at the good first, since it outweighs the bad by a wide margin. System Mechanic 9 is one of those programs which can elegantly move from "Fire and Forget" to drilling down to the deepest levels and tweaking each option, and it does so hierarchically¡ªso you can leave most things to defaults and then drill down in particular areas. System Mechanic 9 provides a wealth of information if you ask for it, but doesn't overwhelm you with it. You decide how much you want to know about any particular item.
System Mechanic's range of capabilities denies easy categorization; this suite combines many different tools into one integrated package. It defragments...
