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Comment Re:Win7 as an alternative (Score 1) 285

I remember when MS launched Win95 people were very attached to how Win3.11 worked, so many were pissed back then, but you didn't have any feasible alternative at the moment. Today things have changed and you've got plenty of alternatives: Win7, WinXP, MacOS, Linux, etc. You've also got smartphones and tablets which for many are more than enough for them.

OTOH, last month I've got a Lenovo laptop which came with Win7 preinstalled and Win8 disks to install it. If it was the other way around maybe Win8 adoption rate would be higher.

Funny, I remember when Win95 launched and most people were very enthused about it as it was a great upgrade.

Comment Stopped running AV for 4 years now - no problem (Score 1) 274

I think if you know what you're doing AV is a complete waste of time and energy, and over time just sap your computers speed and time between re-installs In 2 decades of computers I have gotten 2 viruses, both times my AV didn't stop them. So about 4 years ago a trusted friend told me he stopped, and hadn't had problems. I just practice safe computing which means all files I use are received via my web email service which has built in AV scanning (gmail), I don't download applications illegally which is where most viruses come nowadays, and do occasionally scan with MalwareBytes which hasn't found one thing in 4 years.

If you're a "nerd" you really don't need an AV as you know the main attack vectors.

Comment Re:Use LED LCD TV instead -- not really (Score 0, Troll) 242

Plasmas can easily be replaced by LED LCD TVs that use a lot less energy.

LCD and plasma for several years use similar amount of power...

http://www.techlicious.com/blog/lcd-vs-plasma-what-are-their-true-energy-costs/

"Our friends at HD Guru did some analysis to determine if there is the real difference between “energy efficient” LED models, and “power hungry” plasmas. According to HD Guru, the LG 47-inch 47LW6500 LED LCD will have an EnergyGuide yearly estimated cost of $13. While the LG 42-inch 42PT350 plasma will have an estimated cost of $21.

That's not much. And, as HD Guru points out, given the vast price discrepancy between the average plasma and the average LED LCD (over $500, in this example), it is highly unlikely you would ever see a return on your investment, power consumption-wise (62.5 years, between these two).

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