Well i wouldn't say my criteria are that narrow, I just want something that
actually is of some use to me in what I do. To me your like someone who says
"buy this new car. it doesn't go any faster, use less fuel or handle better,
but it's got different engine parts and so will wear out in 40 years rather
than 30 years, and all the controls are layed out differently so you'll have
to spend time learning to use it again"
Forgive me if I actually want something that drives better if I've got to
take the time to learn again.
I also wouldn't describe spell check as an intangible bennifit either, it
would indeed be fairly evident, although I do have to equally balance it
against the fact that I lose the convenient contacts list one tab away from
my in box in outlook express and would be entirely reliant upon the auto
complete feature of windows live mail or searching through the address book
to find the person I wanted to E-mail, which is something I could get used
to eventually though it is more inconvenient than just having all my
contacts immediately there.
As I said I also do take security seriously and will discuss this with Avg
in April, although I do believe more people are paranoid about it than
need to be considdering that a lot of very basic practical steps can be
taken even before you considder the operating system. For example, since
none of my bank account details are located on my computer at all and I only
ever pay for things online on a credit card with an extremely low limit
who's payments I must personally authorise at the bank, it'd be nearly
impossible for anyone to actually steal any money from me even if they did
hack my computer. The most a person could do is make one payment on my
credit card, and assuming they didn't hit my low limit and get automatically
cancelled by it, I've still not lost anything since as soon as I noticed
the payment I hadn't made i could cancel the card and the bill, (an
advantage with having a credit card with my bank). this actually happened
to a friend of mine, not with a net credit card but with someone happening
to see and replicate her credit card number in a shop and indeed since it
was a card it was possible to cancel.
As I said, I do take security as a serious matter, though though things
like user account control (which most people turn off anyway), just seem
more pointless hassle to me, since it's not something that has ever caused
problems in xp.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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