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XP when fully patched (with the Active-X disabled in the registry) can provide somewhat secure operation. Virus threats are now attacking the Anti-Virus programs themselves. The zero-day exploits will come right on to your computer without you or your virus program even knowing it. I would bet the TJ Max customer information was stored on a Windows system. I use Linux and would recommend it to anyone with moderate experience. Please keep in mind Linux has changed dramatically in the last year. It is now much easer to install and configure and the "Click and Run" system (orginally for Linspire) makes software installation a snap. Not to mention there are thousands of free programs available for install with just one click. (You just have to sign up CNR up for free). I use Freespire with a generic Pentium 1.8 Ghz Workstation, 512 MB Ram, Verizon DSL, Brother HL-2040 laser printer and various USB pen drives. I can also play .MP3 files and burn data and audio CD's and DVD's. My family uses the OpenOffice (included with the distribution for free) to write, edit and create documents in the .doc (Word), .xls (Excel), .mdb (Access) and .ppt (Powerpoint) formats. Browsing is done with Firefox, you can read Adobe .PDF files and view web pages with Flash content. I use Gmail Web based email, but if you are used to Outlook, you can get the Mozilla Thunderbird email client (for free also). In six months, I haven't installed any anti-virus software, spyware detectors or firewalls. I haven't had any problems either.
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vista  Rpokeytruck@... | 02/27/07
Agreed. XP works just fine thank you.  Cayble | 03/09/07
Agreed  funnyusername | 03/16/07
Restoring functionality  RusOckwell@... | 02/27/07
Why upgrade?  mari_232@... | 02/28/07
Vista  rmikey | 02/28/07
Wait  jmsfmtex | 02/28/07
Uprade to Vista, why?  robert@... | 02/28/07
Learn Vista When You Can, But ASAP  chas_2 | 03/01/07
yes upgrade, sort of  Jim Johnson | 03/01/07
Excellent points  chas_2 | 03/01/07
Tnq god for Vista !  papeca@... | 03/02/07
vista the new Me  akcole@... | 03/02/07
Structure of this article is annoying  koehlerb | 03/02/07
Older is better  rpmyers1 | 03/02/07
Well, heck  frgough | 03/07/07
Next Vista Update  davidr555 | 03/05/07
Not unlimited use.  orthocross | 03/11/07
Let's get back to basics.  joe.smetona@... | 03/20/07
Couldn't agree more  blackRiver | 03/21/07
How many times ...  blackRiver | 03/21/07
Why upgrade to Vista???  Ñåðãåé Ôàòååâ | 03/26/07
You are absolutely correct.  xuniL_z | 03/26/07
Basic Computing is available now.  joe.smetona@... | 03/31/07
RE: Restoring functionality (Restoring Vista functionality once in reduced  jaya28inside@... | 09/14/07
Error g_objWMIService  ericlee85 | 12/29/07
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