Free Nero 9 version called Nero StartSmart Essentials is the recent move of Nero to market their disc burning software product to a larger audience. You can say that this free version is a streamlined version of the commercial Nero 9 since the size has been reduced from around 400MB to 55MB.

This news probably doesn’t excite those who prefer to use other free disc burning applications like Deepburner or CDBurnerXP, but it probably does for they who can’t afford Nero’s price and seek the way for having Nero 9 burner installed in their computer without having to crack it. If you want Nero burner but hate piracy, then this is it. Read the rest of this entry »