EVEREST Ultimate Edition 4 Review

EVEREST and Sandra are notorious applications that I always think about when it comes to checking the hardware and software components of a computer, and even when I have to benchmark a computer. Since I already mentioned them in a previous article, I couldn't leave things this way, so the time has come for the first one to get its own review. Ladies and gentlemen, prepare for EVEREST Ultimate Edition!


Setup

The current version of this software is 4.00, but EVEREST has a really long story behind and, I am sure of it, a long and prosperous future. Anyway, let's leave the history aside now. The setup package that you have to download has 7.7MB in size, and installing it is very easy, as you can see in the screenshots below. At last, you should know that the 30 days trial version also has some small limitations - you don't get all the data that the program can display available, but a text that reminds you that the version you have is a trial...



Interface

Formerly known as AIDA32, EVEREST inherits the interface of that program, and its main strong points are the same: ease of use and a nice layout, well organized. The menu bar, the toolbar and the work area, composed of a tree view pane, in the left side, and an info view pane, to the right. As you can see in the screenshot to the left, everything is very intuitive, so discovering this program's features should be easy for everyone...


Features

EVEREST Ultimate Edition has almost everything any computer user would like to know about its PC, and all the info and benchmarking features are grouped in 5 big categories: Hardware Information, Software Information, Security, Diagnostics and Reporting.

While most home users won't use the reporting features, I am sure that the diagnose features like the System Stability Test or the ability to check the voltages and temperatures in one's system will get used a lot.

Needless to say, the features from the Hardware Information brach in the treeview pane are outstanding, providing very detailed information about every little piece of hardware in your computer, but remember about the trial limitation... to know everything about your system, you'll have to pay almost 35$. Sounds like a fair deal, isn't it?


The Good

EVEREST Ultimate Edition is one of the highest peaks reached by the system information tools so far, being able to provide very detailed information about a computer, its components and their performance.

The Bad

When version 3 appeared, I was wondering when will I get a serious graphics benchmark built into this program. Now it's version 4, but the question remains the same...

Conclusion

I don't like it when I have to decide between two programs that I like very much, and in most cases I don't do it. Now, I have only revealed a small part of EVEREST Ultimate, because I am sure that if you didn't use it so far, you will try it, but if you're one of its users, you would laugh at my try. After all, this is not just another hardware information tool. All you have to do with it is grab it, and you won't let it go, that's a guarantee!

Developer: Lavalys Consulting Group Inc.
Price: 34.95$
Trial Link: Download