The version that gets installed on your computer is more tuned to your computer and is faster so it would find things better and quicker
The portable version will work were ever you take it but it would be a little slower then the installed version
Please explain HOW the installed version is better tuned, and WHY it is faster.
I think I read a statement by Melih that the portable and installed engines were identical.
How can the installed version be better tuned ?
Does it get a more accurate start-up update for applications.ini etc. to tell it what can be zapped ?
Does it get a more accurate reading of the registry to see what needs fixing ?
Does it have a higher level of authority/ownership to excavate stubborn registry keys that have permissions that exclude all authorities from reading / modifying / etc. ?
I accept that a Portable version on a flash drive will take longer launching than for an Installed version on a SATA system drive, but regardless of which version and where they are stored, will they not both execute from RAM the same code with equal speed, so that scanning and cleaning will take them the same time ?
Are there any factors other than location that would make the portable version slower if it was unzipped onto the same system drive as an Installed version would be ?
N.B. I far prefer portable applications/tools etc.
I never have difficulty updating or deleting, and I get no excess bloat to burden my computer.
I hate installed applications etc. because they tangle up the registry and un-installing or updating has often required me to use a registry editor and take ownership of keys that refuse removal.
In addition there is the bloat of isms.msi, a 7.5 MB CSC installer that I would not dare to remove in case that is the only mechanism for un-installing or updating. In my view that is 7.5 MB of bloat on-top of 11.3 MB of the CSC code I need.
Regards
Alan