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Summary: Okay, you've heard the talk, now which one is right for you?

It seems that each suite is tuned towards a different kind of user. With its character-mode programs and extensive collection of command-line utilities, Graham Utilities seems tuned more towards the power user, and its mimicking of classic Norton Utilities programs, right down to the same program names, implies that it's also of high appeal to those coming from the DOS era of machines. Graham Utilities is a one-package fix for both twitchy fingers used to typing commands like "FF", "BE", and "SI", plus it's the classic life preserver of the OS/2 world: capable of helping you recover from even some of the nastiest crashes and accidents.

Gammatech Utilities is geared for novices and intermediate users, those who don't have a DOS legacy, and those who don't want to mess around with anything but a GUI. It isn't quite as comprehensive as Graham's, but it can certainly boast talents that its competitor can't match at all, or only matches poorly.

To help you make your decision, we've put together a simple chart that asks what you need a utility suite for, what secondary characteristics are most important to you, and finally suggests which of the two suites is the best choice for you.

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Gammatech Utilities

by SofTouch Systems
MSRP: $99.95

Graham Utilities 2.1

by WarpSpeed Computers
MSRP: $95
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