[Ti] Norton Utilities for OSX

[Mark Gibson]

At 10:27 -0700 6/5/04, khyber courchesne wrote:
>The admin in my office just bought Norton Utilities for OSX....My last
>experience with it around OSX 10.1 was that it totally destroyed my computer
>and I had to reinstall all my data and the OS.
>
>Has Norton improved, or is it still a dangerous suite?

Hi,

I've used Norton's for quite a while now (Ver 2 or thereabouts) and 
NAV back when it was SAM and both have been fine.

Two things though:

1. I never install all the add ons (disk light, save disk etc.).

2. I only use it either off the CD or after booting the troublesome 
machine off another volume.

BTW: The last I heard the latest Norton's SystemWorks (Ver 3.) will 
be the last to include Norton's Utilities. It appears that Symantec 
has stopped development work on it. NAV will continue though.

I suspect the "specialist" utilities (Disk Warrior, Tech Tool Pro, 
etc.) became better at their niches than Norton's could as a 
generalist.
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Regards,

Mark (}-:

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