Daave

I may be a cynic but is that really free?


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Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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Daave wrote:
Good point. As a home user, I certainly wouldn't pay anything.

Then again, I would imagine some ISPs offer Norton at no extra cost.


Gerry wrote:
Leonard

Why pay for what you can get for free.



Leonard Grey wrote:
I never thought I would ever say this, but here goes...

For years, I was a card-carrying (Gold Card) member of the Norton
Haters Club. And for good reason.

Then, just for the heck of it, I tried Norton Internet Security
2009. My, what a difference. Like Marie Osmond before and after
Nutrisystem. Other things I hated about Symantec - technical
support, heavy footprint, built-in advertising, trouble uninstalling
- were no longer problems. I looked for things to hate about NIS
2009, but couldn't find any.
And, for the record, the software runs on my soon-to-be replaced
7-year old P4 2.26GHz 1GB of RAM computer. I am impressed.

I'm currently using NAV 2010, and really liking it. So let those
rotton vegetables fly in the general direction of my face...I can
take it.
PS #1: I'm using NAV instead of NIS because of a personal choice I
made with respect to third-party firewalls.

PS #2: I may have converted to NAV personally, but I don't recommend
any software product to anyone. Everyone has to make their own
decision, is my view.
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Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Gerry wrote:
Like others I would dump Norton for a freeware option.

The capacity of the hard drive has no direct performance
implication. It may indirectly make defragmentation easier,
particularly when the drive is first replaced. You can get hard
drives with slower read / write speeds. Commonly desktop hard
drives are 7,200 RPM but older drives were less. Laptop hard
drives are commonly 5,400 RPM to conserve the battery. More in
this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_disk_drive