[MacDV] Norton Pro/Con

[Matthew Guemple]

I think it is System Works 2.0 (at some point they changed the name and  
added some features... i think)
M
On Wednesday, April 16, 2003, at 01:54 PM, K. wrote:

> Norton has saved me several times also..and I am talking about from 7  
> on up...never had
> a problem with it...I'm on 9.2.2 on this imac se 400 and it 's been  
> great.  I do have
> 10.2 something on this also but I don't touch that...My son uses it..I  
> currently have
> Norton 6 and haven't tried to run it on 10.2...What version of Norton  
> is recommended for
> 10.2?
> Thanks in advance,
> Mike K
>
> Matthew Guemple wrote:
>
>> I agree. I did swear by it for years though, but then it went pear
>> shaped and would just seem to a) not work or b) screw things up, that
>> was of course when it would boot.
>>
>> I'm not convinced that they have OSX under control yet either, since
>> they list their requirements as OS 10.1 and higher. The difference
>> between 10.1 and 10.2+ is fairly dramatic I think. To have something
>> not specifically tailored to reflect those changes is worrisome.
>>
>> Knock on wood, I don't need anything like Norton right now, but know I
>> will eventually...
>>
>>> Maybe I still have a bad taste in my mouth from the Mac OS 8.1 days
>>> when
>>> HFS+ first came on the scene.  Norton Utilities had MAJOR problems
>>> with the
>>> HFS+ format for YEARS...  Then there were issues with Mac OS 8.5,  
>>> 8.6,
>>> 9.0,
>>> 9.1...  Not until version 5.0 did I even slightly trust Norton
>>> Utilities.
>>>
>>> I guess as long as you don't actually install all of the Norton crap
>>> on your
>>> system, and just boot from the CD to run the utilities, then you
>>> should be
>>> alright...  But then there's Mac OS X, which I don't think they've
>>> gotten
>>> under control yet...
>>
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