I stopped using Norton years ago because of its bloat and effects on
performance. However, after reading some of the reviews on Norton Internet
Security 2008 that said Symantec had made improvements to reduce bloat and
performance impact, I decided to give it a try. The machine I am using it on
is set up for dual boot of Vista Ultimate 32 bit and Vista Ultimate 64 bits.
I have installed it on both (using up 2 of the 3 licenses it comes with) and
it does indeed seem to have less bloat and little impact on performance. I am
satisfied with it. On my other machines, I use other AVs.

By the way, I saw in one of the Fry's ads this week they had a bundle
consisting of NIS 2008, Ghost 14, and another program for 99.00. But after an
in-store discount and two rebates, the price was 0 - Frys often has such loss
leaders advertised. If you do not mind messing with rebates, this might be a
cheap way obtain NIS 2008 and try it out. If I remember correctly, Symantec
has a 30 day refund policy if you go another route. If you do decide to try
Norton, I would recommend you download their removal tool first that
completely removes all traces of Norton. Then if you have problems, you can
remove it.

With all that said and done, one other caution. If your machine is an older
machine that you have installed Vista on, then it might not perform well with
Norton.

"BK" wrote:

> Anyone have any experience with the Vista compatible version of Norton's?
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