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1. Comment - New AOL Software Dubbed 'OpenRide'

   (Sep 7, 2006 - 2:14 AM)

   I tried AOL Steamliner/OpenRide just yesterday and it packs some hefty requirements like 230mb of RAM.
   For most that is nothing,but for notebook and laptop owners we often get only 256mb.
   But it worked,and ran very well.
   There was the usual AOL Explorer,AIM Triton,and AOL Radio/Video. Nothing I haven't tried.
   But having them all as one application is a good thing.
   And it is is more a broadband app then dialup.
   I think they should call it AOL Broadband Wave instead of OpenRide.
   Hopefully they'll pick that up.
   I also hope a Mac OS X client is ready soon.
   I like having all of AOL's features on the desktop from time to time when I want the AOL experience.
   I hate loading on thing after the other,so this is nice although bloated.
   
   And about AOL's malware,you can uninstall those extras and delete the icons from your machine.
   Also they won't slow down your computer unless they are running duh!
   How can an installed appp slow down a computer just being installed? Get more hardrive space people.
   It's just an extra app that AOL thinks you may like if you use AOL 9.0.
   I find that AOL for OS X lacks all the added apps as does most other free-standing apps from AOL.
   OpenRide just adds AOL Desktop Search and AIM to it's download. It's needed to run it.
   
   rla,you are talking about the Free AOL and AOL 9.0 seems like. Not OpenRide.
   And alot of n00bs to the ISP/service will ned that.
   You can't beat free. What more do you want?
   They have AOL Music,Video,Journals,chats,ect. What more content do you need dude?