IE7 is supposed to run in a fully protected mode by default. The protected mode is similar to a non-root user in *nix so that non-admin user programs do not have access to modify system files or settings. This is supposed to prevent spyware/adware that hooks into Windows processes and keep something one user may install from affecting other users of the system.
Slowly but surely MS is learning a few good tricks from the Linux crowd.
The free ones that work the best are AVG, AntiVir (Classic, Premium isn't free) and Avast!. I currently use AVG but the new version of AntiVir is supposed to work better and have a smaller footprint.
Opera 8 works really well. I haven't had any issues so far. The speed seems on par with Firefox.
One impressive point is that Opera stays up on their security patches. Version 7.0 only had 35 issues since 2002 and they were all patched relatively quickly.
If it's not beta, they should just release it and say "Look! We beat our time frame for the release (after we concelled the previous release dates)!".
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Are you hoping that such insight will encourage people to read your blog?
To answer your question, no. I just find it amusing that Dell always throws out the "possibility" of going with AMD just so that Intel will give them cheaper prices. That's like acting interested in one girl just to make another one jealous.
If Dell is going to stay strictly Intel, more power to them. Dell's business model is superb and they have a highly efficient model. What's wrong with wanting a company to offer alternatives? Sure, the initial investment of moving to a new platform would cost X amount of $$$ but that's not what a business looks at when developing a new product. Businesses look at a return on investment (ROI) and a lot of people (not just me) believe that the return would be much greater than what their Intel servers are making for them. Dell's number crunchers don't agree and that's their choice.
Dell has their largest market share on home/office desktops. Utilizing a lower cost, but higher performing, processor would help them to break into more business markets that look at how much a new server will cost them.
Rural areas will benefit the most from this. People that normally can't get cable or DSL high speed will now be able to get on high speed Internet at a, hopefully, lower cost than unreliable (and expensive) satellite.
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This is an attempt at fixing a hole. Zone-spoofing is a threat and MS realized that. It may not be the best fix but it is a start.
IE7 is supposed to run in a fully protected mode by default. The protected mode is similar to a non-root user in *nix so that non-admin user programs do not have access to modify system files or settings. This is supposed to prevent spyware/adware that hooks into Windows processes and keep something one user may install from affecting other users of the system.
Slowly but surely MS is learning a few good tricks from the Linux crowd.
The free ones that work the best are AVG, AntiVir (Classic, Premium isn't free) and Avast!. I currently use AVG but the new version of AntiVir is supposed to work better and have a smaller footprint.
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Opera 8 works really well. I haven't had any issues so far. The speed seems on par with Firefox.
One impressive point is that Opera stays up on their security patches. Version 7.0 only had 35 issues since 2002 and they were all patched relatively quickly.
If it's not beta, they should just release it and say "Look! We beat our time frame for the release (after we concelled the previous release dates)!".
To answer your question, no. I just find it amusing that Dell always throws out the "possibility" of going with AMD just so that Intel will give them cheaper prices. That's like acting interested in one girl just to make another one jealous.
If Dell is going to stay strictly Intel, more power to them. Dell's business model is superb and they have a highly efficient model. What's wrong with wanting a company to offer alternatives? Sure, the initial investment of moving to a new platform would cost X amount of $$$ but that's not what a business looks at when developing a new product. Businesses look at a return on investment (ROI) and a lot of people (not just me) believe that the return would be much greater than what their Intel servers are making for them. Dell's number crunchers don't agree and that's their choice.
Dell has their largest market share on home/office desktops. Utilizing a lower cost, but higher performing, processor would help them to break into more business markets that look at how much a new server will cost them.
Rural areas will benefit the most from this. People that normally can't get cable or DSL high speed will now be able to get on high speed Internet at a, hopefully, lower cost than unreliable (and expensive) satellite.
Now Santa can get those emailed Christmas wish list a lot faster. He was getting tired of dial-up.