The best bet is to start watching CompUSA/BestBuy/Circuit City ads a
couple of months before your subscription expires. They nearly always
have AV or SystemWorks on sale for $0-10 after rebate for an upgrade.
You can also go to www.pricewatch.com and search for SystemWorks. You
can usually get a 1 or 2 year old version for about $10-20.
I am so close to buying a Mac. Man, I want one. Amazon has $100 rebate
on 12in iBooks. Which would be just fine.
Macs aren't for everybody. But I think they would be great for a lot
more people than they think.
Max Heim wrote:
> Long term, the cheapest alternative is probably buying a Mac -- you not only
> don't have to continually buy and upgrade AV software, you're actually
> getting work done instead of wasting your time
> installing/reinstalling/uninstalling/purging various nasty bits...
>
> There are "free" AV products, but (as indicated above) you get what you pay
> for. Sometimes the true economy is paying more up front.
>
>
> on 3/7/05 1:02 PM, Barrie Robinson at barrie@look.ca wrote:
>
>
>>I have been using Norton SystemWorks and my anti-virus subscription is near
>>ending. I have tried to renew it but the font is so small on the renewal
>>pages that I cannot see what to do. A phone call to Symantec (hours of
>>work) did not result in much except pay for them to renew - or buy the
>>'latest' version. I am most disenchanted with Norton - Can anyone
>>recommend an alternative - preferably free !!!!!
>>
>>Regards
>>
>>Barrie Robinson
>>barrie@look.ca
>>
>
>
>
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> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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