Latest version of Nero 8 is out! Actually Nero 8 was leaked out few weeks ago and the file size was 960MB in ISO image. I’ve downloaded the official Nero 8, installed it and the main graphical user interface looks very much alike as version 7.
The new features of Nero 8 include:
* Brand new, easy-to-use Nero StartSmart project launcher
* Windows Vista Ready
* Increased Blu-ray and HD DVD recording and playing support
* New, improved graphical interface
* A variety of new, user-friendly features and services
* Improved video menu authoring and transition effects
The latest version of Nero 8 file size is very close to Nero 7. Nero v7.10.1.0 is 173MB and Nero v8.1.1.0 is 178MB in size. It’s only 5MB bigger and I believe it’s as bloated as Nero 7. Nero has been accused of software bloat due to its inclusion of many applications including Visual Basic ActiveX control, CD/DVD label creator, sound editor, etc., which result in a large installer size. When I install the latest version of Nero, I make sure that I select the features that I use from custom setup.
Nero 8 includes a new tool called RescueAgent which is can be used to quickly and easily restore data from CDs and DVDs. It’s like a data recovery for media disc.
A guy named Acheron has created lite/micro versions of Nero 7 but not yet for version 8. Nero Lite which include only features deemed to be essential, resulting in installer sizes as low as 20MB for Nero Micro, featuring “just Nero Burning Rom with basic Audio/VideoCD support (English). Although many components can be removed from custom setup, but you still need to download that huge installer. That is why Nero Lite/Micro is used by many people.
There’s already a keygenerator for Nero 8! It is not surprising at all because there are keygenerator for nearly all builds and versions of Nero. The Nero 8 keygenerator is able to remove previous used serial number by clicking the Clean button. The generate button will generate a new serial number for Nero 8.
My favorite version of Nero is still 6. It does the job and it’s not bloated. However, Nero 6 has been discontinued by Nero and there hasn’t been any updates since March 2007. I have Nero 6 on my laptop and the latest Nero 8 on my desktop. If you’d like to have both version of Nero on one computer, you can install Nero 6 and then use Nero 8 portable. But if you ask me to pick one from the 2 versions, my advice is to install the latest version AND do a custom installation removing whatever unnecessary.
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