Chris,

I have to say that I never really liked Google Desktop. It was resource intensive for me. It also is not really customizable when searching. With X1, I can search for emails from a particular sender, with certain words in the subject line etc. I can search for documents where covenant is within 10 words of Berkhof. Etc. It is really flexible. I can exclude (or only include) certain types of files (e.g. only doc and xls files). I love X1.

The key to X1 is likely to get the latest version, and to set the indexing to pause when the computer is in use. Better yet, for the files, you can set it only to index once a day, like at 1AM when the computer is dormant. I think that really helps it. I've tried GD and the new Vista search, but I keep going back to X1.

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Fredrick T. Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)