Posted 07/09/2009 at 01:41:51pm

If the reviews in the computer magazines are to be believed (I rely on them to make AV decisions), most of the time Symantec and McAfee and a lot of the other over-priced subscription systems aren't worth the money to begin with.  When a free AV program does a better job of detecting viruses than the paid ones, the companies who require payment for their software are getting paid to provide you a false sense of security.  That being the case, these companies don't have a leg to stand on when they downrate other companies providing the same service.

On the other hand, I wouldn't trust an AV program coming from MS.  They can't get the security holes out of their operating system, how are they going to close off access to the computer from viruses???

 Food for thought!  Definitely read the reviews of AV and security software when they are published.

Posted 07/04/2009 at 03:14:07pm

If Archos' past history continues, the product will be overpriced and any software you want to install will somehow have to come from them at an inflated price.  Their Archos Gen 5 series devices and Archos 5 & 7 internet media devices left much to be desired. I would expect the same here. 

This device sounds great, but I'd be very skeptical of what it really is capable of doing compared to other products.