I had good luck with both Ubuntu and Knoppix (great for using as a CD-based OS to recover data from corrupt installs of Windows that couldn't run), but I'm happier with OSX. I stopped using AVG after getting some bad results; it missed more than a few things that others (including MSE) would nab. This is about more than just MSE though, the operating system won't receive any more updates either- all future vulnerabilities found will go unaddressed.
On Jan 9, 2014, at 5:44 PM, Dug B. <[email protected]> wrote: > I can't believe I'm the first one to get in the linux recommendation! > Download a live-cd iso of either bodhi linux or puppy linux. That way you can > do a test drive without having to wipe your system. I have found that both of > those flavors of linux have resurrected a *700 mhz* fossil to actual peppy > speeds and audacity runs fine on them. > > Just a cheap thought on how to maintain productivity on the cheap. > > > On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 5:27 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > True, but as of now AVG has not announced one way or the other as far as how > long they intend to support XP either. I read reports of resellers being > told by their sales reps that April will be AVG's "drop dead" date for XP, > but the company has neither confirmed nor denied that. > > Considering that the machine is more than a decade old at this point, I > probably can back it up and move on. I don't necessarily want to drop a few > hundred on a new machine, but hey, there's worse things to have to spend > money on. > > On Thursday, January 9, 2014 5:07:45 PM UTC-5, Shag wrote: > You could probably run AVG. I've always been impressed with them. > > Shag > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Jan 9, 2014, at 3:44 PM, Luke Jaconetti <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Unfortunately for me it may be time to retire the PC which I bought my wife >> back in 2002, which I still use to this day for podcasting and internet >> work. Too many potential hazars to go out there without MSE, which is the >> best anti-virus I have ever used, period. Theoretically I could take the >> machine offline, where I could still use Audacity and Winamp, but that won't >> help me for Skype when doing a multi-person show. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
