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   Review - Norton AntiVirus

   2008 (15.5.0.23) (Mar 23, 2008)

   Despite GDs comments, facts are facts. Any XP machine with less than 1GB of RAM, or Vista with less than 2GB of RAM, will perform unacceptably with any Norton home-based product, ESPECIALLY 360. We used to recommend Norton products all the time, now the only product we recommend are their corporate-level AV protection and Ghost.
   
   Not much has changed in this version either. After testing it with a baseline system (P3-900 with 512MB RAM) up to a modern one (Core 2 Duo Extreme with 8GB RAM running Vista Ultimate 64-bit), I can honestly say that it puts a moderate (modern system) to heavy (baseline) drag on system performance, mostly because it is scanning every single file accessed, including the paging file at times. The detection rate of the program is improved in this version thus far, but this only brings it up to the level NOD32 has been at since their last version. Norton is NOT the industry leader in virus detection. In all fairness, Norton and McAfee are also the biggest targets. I've seen more than one virus specifically targeting Norton and McAfee and disabling them before they even get a chance.
   
   Nobody, in good conscience, can say that Norton is the best product out there.

2. Comment - Microsoft softened 'Vista Capable' requirements for Intel, e-mails indicate

   2008 (15.5.0.23) (Nov 18, 2008 - 1:33 PM)

   Intel has da money. AMD don't. Unfair, yes. Monopolistic? Yes. Can we do something about it? No.
   
   MS will pay, and we move on to another chapter in the book of business. Nice to see the shorts of Intel and MS publicly dropped, though.
   
   Go with Mac! The uber monopoly!

3. Comment - HTC Touch sales half that of Apple's iPhone

   2008 (15.5.0.23) (Jan 22, 2008 - 2:15 PM)

   For what the iPhone does, it does well. But quite simply put, there is nothing the iPhone does that the HTC Touch can not do. Plus there are way more applications for the Touch. Lastly, and most importantly to business users, you cannot beat the Microsoft Exchange integration. The iPhone's IMAP-so-called-Exchange support is great for e-mail, but lacks the integration with the calendar, contacts and every other important Exchange feature. Plus, being able to remote manage your clients via LogMeIn or Remote Desktop is downright sweet.