Alfred is a very easy to use launcher. It looks far better than the default spotlight, and also performs better. It is overall faster and more responsive, and gives more freedom than any other launcher Ive used. Alfred is extremely reliable, it has never crashed once, and has great value. The "Powerpack" is a little overpriced for the features they give, but the free version has everything Ive needed.
Spotlight is ugly and sluggish compared to Alfred, I will never go back. My only complaint it the minute or two it takes to start up after starting my computer. This is mainly due to the slow hard drive, but I am sure there are some improvements that could be made to Alfred to make it boot faster.
sinful_ai about Alfred