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| Nero 8 (PC) | 
 enlarge | From: Nero
Category: Software
List Price: £59.99
Buy New: £39.98
You Save: £20.01 (33%)
New (5) from £19.95
Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 19
Platform: Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 7.8 x 2.2
MPN: NERO8UK
EAN: 4030764800000
ASIN: B000V6EBP8
Release Date: September 26, 2007
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 A useless resource hog March 20, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well I've been using the trial version before going for the upgrade and I am so glad I did because I would have wasted my money.
It refuses to read other CDs / DVDs written with other software and stubbornly insists that discs that Nero burnt as multi-session are closed for good.
After 2 hours of trying to improve things by reinstalling it, watching is crash, and the main burning utility and the quick CD 'drop and drag' utility run the CPU usage up to 100% and then stop responding, crash again etc etc I can honestly say that this is the most useless piece of junk to be created for some years.
Forget it. You'll be happier. Trust me.
 System Hogger, but I ain't complaining. =) March 12, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I think the Nero 8 s/ware is pretty awesome sauce so have awarded it 5* despite it being so heavy on system resources. Don't mind admitting I am quite an Audio perfectionist,*I extract audio files to WAV before burning and have created Master Discs for archival purposes and Listening discs for my entire, extensive music collection. =)* and Nero 8's quality and ease of use suits me well. Sony's CD Architect does have a slight edge when it comes to burning audio but not enough to stop Nero's user friendliness making it my usual programme of choice.
I have concentrated on Nero 8's audio burnng properties but it's a good performer in all departments, excelling at CD/DVD burning. As others have mentioned it is a big piece of s/ware and resource hungry *I don't agree it's such a serious bloat as some have suggested* but this is much reduced if you customise it when installing rather than just accepting the default settings. And it's such a good product this shouldn't really be a problem, quality is worth a bit of effort.
Back to Audio again. =) Nero does rip to WAV efficiently but to produce absolutely top quality cds i recommend extracting to WAV first with Exact Audio Copy s/ware, *the best extractor in existence, and it's FREE! Google it.* then burn files to disc in Nero. My recommendation for CD-R is definitely TDK Audio CD-R, not to be confused with the ones that can be bought on spindles, these are dedicated to audio and well worth the extra dosh. You may not want to do this for your whole music collection as i have but it's well worth it for your fave albums, just pump up the volume and hear the difference. =)
 No different from previous versions. January 28, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I think the only thing worth having that's new is the HDDVD/Blu-Ray support. If you just want to burn discs with Nero Burning Rom then don't bother as your old version 7, or even 6,5,4 will probably be just the same! This program never changes much and I can't believe they had the ordacity to claim that it's faster! It's simply too big (a modest instalation with only burning rom, back-it-ip, cover designer, express, vision and wave editior will set you back 1gb), too slow and not any different to the old one.
The product not too bad,the Company Horrible January 22, 2008
25 out of 25 found this review helpful
I purchased the software at a retail store. I had problems,e-mailed their tech support and worked with them. Due to nature of the "Fix", had to download the software. Had to Pay for the download.
Since Download not needed because I already owned the software, spent months truing to get a refund, all to no avail. Company refused refund due to it being a download. They fought this every way they could, and I ended up "Out" the $81+.
Really good companies like Corel do not have problems like this.
My opinion, DO NOT DO Business with this company. This is the first and only problem I ever had with a company doing business on the internet, and I purchase almost everything on the internet. STAY AWAY........
system hogging bloatware at it's worst January 19, 2008
24 out of 25 found this review helpful
Oh dear, I should have read the reviews here before buying. This software isn't fit for purpose. I will be returning it to Amazon. My system is well above the requirements suggested and runs Windows XP. Nero6 was uninstalled without problem. Installation took an eternity, always a worrying sign. After finally installing successfully it runs for a short period and then as soon as it is asked to do any work it seizes the system.
I suppose if you have a quad core processor and 4GB ram you might be able to use it.
For anyone who hasn't bought a high end PC in the last 6 months steer clear.
How can this stuff be brought to market???
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