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• Wednesday, November 7, 2007 09:42 AM

  Want to shame a Windoze fanboy?

  Next time one smugly informs you how no viruses, adware or malware is running on their XP box, pull out a shareware AVG AntiSpyware copy, run it on his machine, and watch him turn white. After he cleans his "clean" computer, if actually all the adware, etc, REALLY comes out, he'll be just a tad more circumspect, and let's face it, informed.

  Not all viruses, rootkits, spyware and malware causes big windows to open saying "Hi there! You're infected".. Any often, the only good you can get from antivirus software is notification AFTER you have been infected! Better pray its quarantine heuristics are spot on, AND you are up to date with virus definitions. And god help you if you connect a Windows computer to the internet with the firewall turned off (as was the default case for XP/98 prior to SP2 starting coming pre-installed)--you've got less than 20 minutes until you are someone's zombie- a casino-ad spewing, clogged, unsecure and unsafe computer

  So much misinformation and outright lies in some of these letters. The joker who claims the 7300gt is the best video card one can get with the MacPro. Rubbish- it is the weakest card and there are two upgrade (1900xt and Quadro) and it has been this way since September 2006 when the darn machine came out. Or the "Susan" person who claims that OS/X doesn't "multitask" as well as XP. Heck, even Bill Gates would laugh at that one.

  I provided IT support to a professional firm running 3.0/3.1/98/98se/NT/XP machines for 15 years, dating back to the 386sx'es I first built. We got plenty of work out while working in the MS operating system, but I also put in hundreds of hours of support, whether it was due to infections, crappy drivers, software incompatibilties, etc.. Fact is, until MS builds a savvy, networkable operating system from scratch, we're going to be stuck with the same buggy OS and third party band aids. Can't comment on Vista, as I've never had the pleasure, but it looks like perhaps the sloppiest high profile OS rollout since OS/2.

  I'll concede this point without exception- Winboxes are superior for gaming, especially when you spend another $200 on Vista since XP can't do DirectX10. But hey, I use my computer to earn a living and feed my family- games are for consoles!

  ~gtd

  —grovertdog Read grovertdog's other letters
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