Reviews of PowerISO

1. 
   renanrrinaldi

   Reviewing 4.5 (Jul 29, 2009)

   What oldman said.
2. 
   oldman

   Reviewing 4.4 (Apr 19, 2009)

   the proprietary issue is a complete non-issue, just select the type of CD/DVD image you want (iso) at rip time... so I dont get that complaint.. they are definitely not trying to tie you into anything, the daa is nice if you want on the fly compression, if you don't want to use it, no problem , one click at rip time... jeez
   
   this program is great:
   - gets continuous updates
   - works in win7 since pre beta 1, nobody else did
   - worked in vista from beta 1.. nobody else did
   - works in 64 and 32 with same install, I had tons of problems with other ISO apps
   - is very small / resource light, but powerful
   - has an easy to use, intuitive interface
   - doesn't use an add on for virtualization, or need a plugin for anything in basic use
   - I've never had a single problem with it
   
   I used ultraISO, daemon, just about all the ones mentioned here and elsewhere.. the closest one is UltraISO, but PowerISO wins by a nose because Ive had some UltraISO problems in the past... you notice none of the bad mouth reviewers here said anything about PowerISO breaking, right? that's cause it doesn't ever that I've ever seen
3. 
   Metshrine

   Reviewing 4.2 (Jul 10, 2008)

   Again, after comparing this with several other ISO utilities (UltraISO, ISOBuster, etc), there is no compelling reason to choose it over any other besides the ability to open the PROPRIETARY daa format, and even that doesnt justify it given that there are also many freeware utilities which do just what this can do. Sorry, 2/5
4. 
   rseiler

   Reviewing 4.1 (Jun 18, 2008)

   Here's the actual revision list:
   
   PowerISO 4.1 (Jun 18, 2008)
   +) Can create mixed mode image file.
   +) Support better and best compression methods.
   *) Some minor bug fixes and improvements.
   
   One of those minor fixes is the use of hinted fonts in the main window of the program. That used to look sketchy before on LCD even with ClearType enabled and despite the fonts used for the menus and icons looking great. Now it's all fine.
5. 
   halc

   Reviewing 4.0 (Apr 25, 2008)

   A semi-decent program as it is, but I completely agree with many an earlier reviewer:
   
   Another proprietary format to try and lock users into?
   
   That is a sign of a company that can NOT compete in an open and fair market, but try to lock users in through a proprietary format (which in this case is completely unneeded).
   
   For that, 2 stars.
   
   BTW, the PowerISO makers do NOT offer a free/install-free daa-to-iso converter (another bad sign!)
   
   For that you have to use DAA2ISO, which is Luigi Ariemma's freeware. It is a 3rd party utility and who knows how long it will work.
   
   So, if you only want to open/convert that single .daa file you got, you do NOT have to install PowerISO. Just use DAA2ISO (google for homepage).

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