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Re: Norton Utilities $49 special offer

Mr. Liao - 

While Norton Utilities 1.0 is not completely compatible with System 7.0, most 
of the package works just fine.  Here's a break-down of what 7.0 beta users 
can expect:

Norton Disk Doctor
Will not work with any drive that has been "touched" by System 7.0.  
Specifically, NDD will not perform repairs on volumes containing aliases.

FileSaver
Deleted file tracking is incompatible with System 7.0 when FileShare is enabled.
Volume protection works fine.

UnErase, Format Recover
No problems.

Speed Disk
Works fine.  Minor incompatibility with bad block handling, but this does not 
affect optimization.

Norton Disk Editor
Works fine.

Fast Find
Works fine.  Since Desktop Manager is active in System 7.0 and the old desktop 
file is no longer used in most cases, launching files sometimes requires an 
extra step (selecting the launching application).

KeyFinder
Works fine, but does not take advantage of TrueType.

DiskLight
Works fine.

Directory Assistance
Layout Plus
Incompatible, and in some cases redundant, since much of their functionality 
has already been incorporated directly into System 7.0.

Bottom line, the Norton Utilities for the Macintosh is still the best data 
recovery software out there, System 7.0 or not.  Most of our modules work just 
fine running under the 7.0 Betas, but for those features that don't work, you 
can expect that we will have an update out before 7.0 ships (but probably not 
before the $49 offer expires).  I can't say for certain, but it is my guess 
that the upgrade price to get the new version will still make the $49 offer a 
good value, especially since you get to use the rest of the package for the 
time being.  But don't take my word for it, ask someone who is already using 
the software.  :-)

-Marvin Carlberg
 Macintosh Development
 Peter Norton Computing/Symantec