Review by Erich Maria Remarque

I gave Acronis 2011 five stars because it did what I needed it to do (and thankfully never gave me any issues).

I installed Windows 8 on one of my PCs and went to the Acronis website to see if there was an upgrade to my 2011 edition of True Image. I saw that version 2013 is apparently compatible with Windows 8, but reading further I noticed that it now requires online activation. So instead of making the software less buggy (as many other people have requested), Acronis have gone ahead and made their backup software rely on some activation server to work.

No thanks. Looking at alternatives.