And if it is really a performance issue (isn't for me) you can dial some of the timers, tasks and features down to be somewhat less aggressive. I run Photoshop (in 64 bit, probably the largest most intensive software I own) and don't notice any performance hit.
But whatever makes one feel safe and happy. I have no pecuniary interest in anything other than my retirement fund. ;o) Rick wa6nhc _____ From: Rose I'm a pretty low-key computer user ... no graphics, gaming, etc ... so I suspect I'm just not aware of the slowdown likely caused by Norton. 73! K0PP On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Ron D'Eau Claire <[email protected]> wrote: I don't think anyone is saying it's not good at catching infected programs but rather that it chews up far more memory and system resources than needed. I run memory-heavy graphics programs in my work and even with a large amount of RAM the system speed-up I found when finally completely removing Norton was astonishing. 73 Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rose Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:24 PM To: Rick Bates Cc: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Spectrogram download site Norton 360 has served me well ... without a single glitch ... for a number of years. 73! Ken - KOPP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
