Clearing up misconceptions...

Continuing from the last blog post, we'll move into clearing up some common misconceptions. These misconceptions affected the reviewer at CNET, and are therefore now getting propagated more widely. It takes a geek to truly understand Process Lasso, and that is one area I'm now working to fix by explaining things more clearly and with less jargon. I am glad I was made aware of these misconceptions.

Even though the new CNET review of Process Lasso was positive and recommended the software, the reviewer did not understand (or mention) the primary feature - ProBalance. The reviewer further was confused by the graph legend not being shown, because it auto-hid, but that's another subject and mentioned in the previous post.

Note that the older review of Process Supervisor (Process Lasso's old name) was also glowing AND properly described the software. It also gave it a 4 star rating, instead of a 3.5. I think it would be appropriate to simply switch to this older, more accurate review.

Anyway, I have made requests for them to update their review. I am hopeful that once these matters are cleared up, and they will give Process Lasso at least 4 stars. I suppose I should just be thankful the reviewer found it made such a difference in system performance, but the issue is that the understandably misinformed review is confusing users. I made my request politely, to ensure I don't piss off the 'editor'. After all, he or she did help me to see the product from a different perspective.

This misinformed review did help to me more clearly see some common misconceptions about Process Lasso. So, let's start clearing them up. I may add to this list as time passes.

Misconception #1: Process Lasso needs to be tweaked for your specific computer
Process Lasso is designed so that it operates well on any system without ANY configuration changes. You simply need to let Process Lasso's ProBalance do its thing - automatically lowering priorities of certain processes under specific conditions. There is no need to change any settings at all. Could you theoretically get a little more responsiveness out of your PC by changing Process Lasso settings? Yes.. but the additional gains would be marginal and it would require an expert and lots of trial and error to know what changes are appropriate for your specific PC. Therefore, its best to not make any changes - play it safe. This way, you know you get the benefits of ProBalance and can be sure of no harmful side-effects induced by inappropriate configuration changes.

Misconception #2: A user needs to set default priorities on their processes to rank their importance.
NO, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. The idea isn't to reprioritize all your processes, rating them in importance to you. Doing that is risky and harmful to your PC performance. Just let Process Lasso do its job, UNLESS you know what you are doing.

Misconception #3: Process Lasso is only for geeks
No, its for anyone. Most people should simply install it and 'forget about it'. It'll be there, doing its job. Its interface may seem technical, but you don't ever have to use its interface. It just works.

Misconception #4: Process Lasso is only for older computers
While it may be true that older computers get the most benefit from Process Lasso, but Process Lasso is helpful to even brand new 'top of the line' PCs. Additionally, its extra features are quite handy for anyone (such as anti-sleep processes and High Performance Power processes). Those with a lot of CPU cores may also enjoy the default CPU affinty feature, where they can limit programs to specific CPUs - keeping the others free for use by other processes.

Lastly, I give a toast to 2010 and a hope for a good year of continued innovation here at Bitsum Technologies!