Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by skuzins » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 10:33 PM UTC

Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)
ninite.com

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by epall » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 11:05 PM UTC

Great, but it's not quite there. I'm a geek--I know what all of these do, but I think you've got a chance to target people who don't know what they want. Great job so far!

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by pmjordan » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 11:09 PM UTC

This looks incredibly handy for fresh Windows installs, thank you! Bookmarked for the next time I install a VM or so.

I just looked up Baseshield, and I'm interested in how the two products fit together. Does installing stuff with Ninite preclude keeping it up to date with Baseshield?

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by jorgem » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 11:46 PM UTC

What's the business model?

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by jmtulloss » Thu, Oct 22, 2009, 11:59 PM UTC

jorgem wrote: post #4

What's the business model?

http://ninite.com/accounts/premium

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by chriskelley » Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 12:02 AM UTC

Would love to see links to "more info" on the software available directly in the "Pick your software" lineup. Some of those I've never heard of, and tried to click on them (multiple times... doh) to find out more.

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Post by pc » Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 12:06 AM UTC

Would love to see a Mac version of this.

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by utku_karatas2 » Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 12:14 AM UTC

I hope these guys grow this to be an Appstore/APT alike software channel. There's definitely a need for that on Windows. Edit: ok, they already did that http://baseshield.com/

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Post by kbrower » Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 12:19 AM UTC

Are you considering ever adding sponsored apps to the list of apps in the free version?

Re: Ninite: Easy PC Setup and Multi-App Installer (from BaseShield, YC W08)

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Post by iamelgringo » Fri, Oct 23, 2009, 12:57 AM UTC

This just saved me hours of time. I'm flying home in a couple of weeks and reinstalling XP on 5 different computers in two days. I'm going to image the first HDD to the other 4 computers, but installing all the basic apps with one installer is a god send. Thanks!