I see...well, I took the plunge with Vista Ultimate last month so I'll have to pass on Blink for my machine...but if I still had XP, I'd be all over the "Free" AV! What I will do is load it up on my wife's 'puter...she still has XP and is running free AVG...the wife ALWAYS loves it when I get geeky and mess with her laptop! :-)
I use a Linux box almost exclusively, and a Win2K box because iTunes hasn't been ported to it.
@evansims: Compatiblity is a non-problem in a locked enviroment. Take a look at the Wine project (winehq.org) and it's derivatives -- that runs a hefty chunk of Windows software in Linux as a regular user. Is Wine complete? No, there's alot of work left to do, but by golly you can run World of Warcraft on it very well.
So it gets back to the origional question. Microsoft has all the API's for all it's software, and we know it's possible to run the software in a x86 Unix enviroment. Why not follow Apple's lead (they switched to being BSD based) and update Xenix? They should still have that code lying around...
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The free trial is only for America and Canada :( Any alternatives?
2 years, 7 months ago by tcharper
No Vista support, it seems :(
2 years, 7 months ago by jbro
yeah this is just trial software...and it won't allow downloads to Australia
2 years, 7 months ago by Y83ross
It just ain't the same when you have to pay.
2 years, 7 months ago by Y83ross
Throw out Nod 32??? What makes it so good? (In 50 words or less...)
2 years, 7 months ago by Live4Soccer
I've heard great things about this product but haven't checked it out yet.
2 years, 7 months ago by raid5
You seem to be a juhu man nowadays... and I don't blame you for that, it is a must have for all the Mac-enabled Jaikunauts.
2 years, 7 months ago by petteri
Their product line looks like a copy of Grisoft's AVG line. No Vista Support. Guess I'll keep the Pee Cee off.
2 years, 7 months ago by psimac
hmmmmm...a free year but no Vista support? Why no Vista support?
2 years, 7 months ago by Live4Soccer
I asked him that - Vista broke a lot of the features and they're working on a port but it won't be done until later this year.
2 years, 7 months ago by ChiefTWiT
Is it just me, or does it seem that developers are less than enthusiastic about porting things to Vista.
2 years, 7 months ago by Randysouth
I see...well, I took the plunge with Vista Ultimate last month so I'll have to pass on Blink for my machine...but if I still had XP, I'd be all over the "Free" AV! What I will do is load it up on my wife's 'puter...she still has XP and is running free AVG...the wife ALWAYS loves it when I get geeky and mess with her laptop! :-)
2 years, 7 months ago by Live4Soccer
Hmmm, guess there's a lot of truth to the latest Vista Party Apple ad.
2 years, 7 months ago by psimac
@Randysouth: Seems that way to me, too...maybe it harder to port over to Vista from XP than say it was for XP or 2000 from win98?
2 years, 7 months ago by Live4Soccer
If Microsoft wanted to really secure a system, why didn't they just modernize Xenix?
2 years, 7 months ago by strredwolf
Throw out your PC and get a Mac or a Linux.. hehe :) I use a PC and a Mac so don't flame me
2 years, 7 months ago by ktvyeow
I use a Linux box almost exclusively, and a Win2K box because iTunes hasn't been ported to it.
@evansims: Compatiblity is a non-problem in a locked enviroment. Take a look at the Wine project (winehq.org) and it's derivatives -- that runs a hefty chunk of Windows software in Linux as a regular user. Is Wine complete? No, there's alot of work left to do, but by golly you can run World of Warcraft on it very well.
So it gets back to the origional question. Microsoft has all the API's for all it's software, and we know it's possible to run the software in a x86 Unix enviroment. Why not follow Apple's lead (they switched to being BSD based) and update Xenix? They should still have that code lying around...
2 years, 7 months ago by strredwolf