giradman
September 25th, 2007, 03:12 AM
My nearly 4 year-old laptop's HD has expired! Just ordered a Dell Latitude w/ Vista w/ my son's help (he's a network manager so got a 25% OFF deal) - I'm a Norton user from way back but now HATE their BLOATWARE - seems to just slow down the computer!
Son recommends just using the VISTA options w/ the 'free' AVG anti-virus - certainly an inexpensive route - I know that VISTA's firewall is not setup (i.e. default) for outgoing problems, but I would like to know if this combo is adequate or whether other sofware should be added?
The new Dell @ home will be 'wireless' w/ a Linksys router, but this computer will go 'on the road' connecting w/ networks that are pretty 'open' - any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, as usual - :happy:
Son recommends just using the VISTA options w/ the 'free' AVG anti-virus - certainly an inexpensive route - I know that VISTA's firewall is not setup (i.e. default) for outgoing problems, but I would like to know if this combo is adequate or whether other sofware should be added?
The new Dell @ home will be 'wireless' w/ a Linksys router, but this computer will go 'on the road' connecting w/ networks that are pretty 'open' - any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, as usual - :happy: