IS boxer or Keyclone, which is better?

[Dooz]

Same boat as most other posters here - Keyclone is a great product of which I have nothing bad to say about it, and is a good choice for less complex setups, but the power, versatility and configurability of ISBoxer has made running my 5-toon teams almost indescribably easier.

I'm always finding new and interesting ways to make use of the power of ISBoxer to make 5-boxing even easier.

^ Exactly this. I used keyclone until a month or so ago. I now use ISboxer, and I can't see myself returning to Keyclone as it is. ISBoxer has integrated FTL, instant swapping, repeater regions, easy to set up FTL .... Keyclone is less expensive, and does a great job. However, it doesn't offer the same ISBoxer functionality. ISBoxer functionality does come at a price to your framerates. Though after recent updates of ISB, I've seen my framerates improve.

So I don't think you could go very wrong either way. It really depends on how hands on you want to be.

[Akoko]

^ Exactly this. I used keyclone until a month or so ago. I now use ISboxer, and I can't see myself returning to Keyclone as it is. ISBoxer has integrated FTL, instant swapping, repeater regions, easy to set up FTL .... Keyclone is less expensive, and does a great job. However, it doesn't offer the same ISBoxer functionality. ISBoxer functionality does come at a price to your framerates. Though after recent updates of ISB, I've seen my framerates improve.

So I don't think you could go very wrong either way. It really depends on how hands on you want to be.

My frame rate has actually improved significantly since switching from Keyclone to ISBoxer. I can even crank up the graphics on my main window. I suspect it's because ISBoxer is limiting the frame rate on the small windows.

[Emenems]

ISBoxer is much better but keyclone is easier to setup

[Ughmahedhurtz]

My frame rate has actually improved significantly since switching from Keyclone to ISBoxer. I can even crank up the graphics on my main window. I suspect it's because ISBoxer is limiting the frame rate on the small windows.

If it is the framerate limits on the alts that is giving you the improvement with ISB, it indicates that you didn't know that feature also existed for KC. :P More accurately, that feature is a wow feature, not a multiboxing feature -- these products just automagically take advantage of it.

[Mickthathick]

I've been using Octopus/Jamba since I first started dual-boxing 6 months ago. I got one team to 80 (ele shaman/mm hunter), and have geared them up using LFD and running the VoA/weekly raids on them. I also love pew-pewing with them in WG, but don't do other PvP with them as it doesn't really interest me.

I also drag the hunter around as I do things like 'solo' Kara or farm ZG for mounts with my prot pally, plus I have leveled a couple of teams to 65 to max out professions across my stable of alts

So my question is, given how unsophisticated my needs are for dual boxing, could IS Boxer help make my dual boxing more enjoyable?

I've considered upgrading to IS Boxer mainly because of the ability to broadcast placeable AOE spells. But I have no intention of ever doing more then dual boxing, and think maybe Octopus is fine for my needs now.

I play in windows mode as I like to watch movies as I play and like being able to manually resize the slave toon's window, is this easily done with IS Boxer?

[Lax]

I play in windows mode as I like to watch movies as I play and like being able to manually resize the slave toon's window, is this easily done with IS Boxer?

You could keep 2 Window Layouts, and switch between them on the fly. e.g. bring up the ISBoxer program, drag the layout you want to use to your team, and then do an Export.

[jinkobi]

I've been using Octopus/Jamba since I first started dual-boxing 6 months ago. I got one team to 80 (ele shaman/mm hunter), and have geared them up using LFD and running the VoA/weekly raids on them. I also love pew-pewing with them in WG, but don't do other PvP with them as it doesn't really interest me.

I also drag the hunter around as I do things like 'solo' Kara or farm ZG for mounts with my prot pally, plus I have leveled a couple of teams to 65 to max out professions across my stable of alts

So my question is, given how unsophisticated my needs are for dual boxing, could IS Boxer help make my dual boxing more enjoyable?

I've considered upgrading to IS Boxer mainly because of the ability to broadcast placeable AOE spells. But I have no intention of ever doing more then dual boxing, and think maybe Octopus is fine for my needs now.

I play in windows mode as I like to watch movies as I play and like being able to manually resize the slave toon's window, is this easily done with IS Boxer?

ISBoxer works excellent for dual boxing. When I was leveling my team I dual boxed them up in sets... Any size team there's really nothing better than ISBoxer. Really opens you up to ALL the possibilities you could imagine. My favorite thing of all is that it's so easy to use.

[Mokoi]

What's better, a car for just carrying your family, or a van for carrying your family and all your stuff..

well it's a subjective question..

Keyclone works great, almost never breaks and is like the Kia of cars, excellent quality, but not loaded with features.

ISboxer is like the Japanese supercar. Very powerful, but difficult to really reign in all of its uses and may at first seem like it's written in Japanese. It's also many times more expensive.

[thefunk]

Hehe My personal description is Keyclone is like a flat packed furniture from the time sink that is IKEA while ISBoxer is like solid wood furniture, put it in the corner and it works. + you can move the solid wood furniture to another room without breaking all those annyoing bits or ripping the cheap MDF boards...

[thefunk]

not that i'm saying keyclone is cheap or gets ripped apart, just that it takes time to set up a new team each time with macros...