Recent content by xenonn

Ah, well there is certainly nothing wrong with XP for getting the job done. It has done a great job of that for over a decade. As for Mountain Lion, no issues. Though Windows is my main OS. I use Mountain Lion and Lion for iOS dev and Mac web app/site dev testing to make sure I cover many...

There are always bugs and even XP is still getting bug and security fixes. So don't let those reasons stop you from keeping your Mac on the latest OS version if it's supported. Hard to imagine anyone's opinion of Lion vs Mountain Lion would matter to you if you prefer XP over Windows 7. While I...

For a more neutral stand point, here is a comparison site. http://www.av-comparatives.org/ Check out their Oct 2012 File Detection PDF. Oddly it covers a ton of Anti-Virus programs except Norton! What? Odd. Avast, AVIRA, BitDefender, BullGuard, eScan, Fortinet, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee...

Not sure if I am agreeing with you or not. I have new systems such as an i7-3770K with Windows 7 (and Windows 8 VM) and old systems such as a 5+ year old XP laptop that is only 1.0 Ghz singlec core. Both have Avast 7 Home free and run just as fast as before I installed Avast. I have seen plenty...

I agree as well. I have been using Avast Home Free for over 7 years and never been infected. Also good to install and manually run a few things every once in a while to keep extra clean. I use free versions of Malwarebytes, SuperAntiSpyware, and Spybot Search and Destroy.