Hi, I have both putty and SecureCRT, here's my oppinions:
putty: better color terminal emulation Un*x like cut & paste mouse events More Un*x like feel also has available scp client, though you don't need putty to get pscp.exe FREE SecureCRT: Better port forwarding More Windows-like (pulldown menus etc) Relatively inexpensive, 30 day trial I use SecureCRT mostly for windows clients at the lab who need transparent X forwarding. I use putty at home (exclusively though I do have SecureCRT installed), if I need an X display I just set $DISPLAY, since teh windoze box is completly firewalled off (only net connection via Squid proxy on the real machine), who cares. -Jon