On May 22, 2009, at 11:21 AM, Alex Eckelberry wrote:
(just kidding, just kidding!)
But there's one point made in this article about speeding up Vista
which is idiotic
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20090521/ARTICLE/905209946/2410/FEATURES?Title=Wring-a-bit-more-speed-from-Vista#
• Uninstall your anti-virus software. I’m serious. Symantec Norton
360 spent so much time trying to protect me from problems I don’t
have that it dragged my Toshiba’s performance to a crawl. So I
uninstalled it. Instant speed boost.
He's not alone by any stretch. There are indications that many, many
people turn off their a/v because it slows their machine.
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