Comments for Hardware Blog Portal http://hardwareblogportal.com Welcome to Hardware Blog Portal Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:42:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 Comment on AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 by ComputerAid http://hardwareblogportal.com/avg-anti-virus-80.html#comment-649 ComputerAid Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:11:31 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/avg-anti-virus-80.html#comment-649 AVG was good until V8.0 V8.0 has some very undesirable features (AVG link scanner)... it scans the destination website on ALL links on a website. So a simple google search means your PC (via AVG) will download at least 10 web pages... and if they are OK, then AVG puts a green tick next to the link... Needless to say, it slows down your internet a LOT. If you have a very fast internet connection, then you might not notice it much (except you bandwidth usage will increase). I had a customer with AVG just 1 day ago... Once I removed AVG (and installed avira antivir), the internet felt 10 times faster. AVG was good until V8.0

V8.0 has some very undesirable features (AVG link scanner)… it scans the destination website on ALL links on a website.

So a simple google search means your PC (via AVG) will download at least 10 web pages… and if they are OK, then AVG puts a green tick next to the link…

Needless to say, it slows down your internet a LOT. If you have a very fast internet connection, then you might not notice it much (except you bandwidth usage will increase).

I had a customer with AVG just 1 day ago… Once I removed AVG (and installed avira antivir), the internet felt 10 times faster.

]]> Comment on AVG Anti-Virus 8.0 by Nelson http://hardwareblogportal.com/avg-anti-virus-80.html#comment-648 Nelson Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:14:32 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/avg-anti-virus-80.html#comment-648 AVG kick ass. I actually like AVG better than Norton or Mcaffee Anti-viruses. we have used them in our company, and still using symantec enterprise for all of our users, but when it comes to find and remove viruses AVG is the one. Symantec does not find all the threads, and when it find them does not remove them. I know AVG sounds cheap and is free, but I would rather use AVG instead of all the commercial stuff. AVG kick ass. I actually like AVG better than Norton or Mcaffee Anti-viruses. we have used them in our company, and still using symantec enterprise for all of our users, but when it comes to find and remove viruses AVG is the one. Symantec does not find all the threads, and when it find them does not remove them.

I know AVG sounds cheap and is free, but I would rather use AVG instead of all the commercial stuff.

]]> Comment on HBP Giveaway or Sale? by TheYoungGuy http://hardwareblogportal.com/hbp-giveaway-or-sale.html#comment-641 TheYoungGuy Tue, 03 Jun 2008 06:23:42 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/hbp-giveaway-or-sale.html#comment-641 Yea I was thinking about that too. I could use another machine for testing purposes at least. But the way my thought process works... would I benefit more from having a testing machine or backup machine, or would it be better to try to get rid of the parts and try to enhance my readership with that. Something else I was thinking... I could piece by piece give them away over a long period of time(6 months) or so. Like top commentator for each month gets the piece of their choice.... Something like that. Ah, who knows... -TheYoungGuy Yea I was thinking about that too. I could use another machine for testing purposes at least. But the way my thought process works… would I benefit more from having a testing machine or backup machine, or would it be better to try to get rid of the parts and try to enhance my readership with that.
Something else I was thinking… I could piece by piece give them away over a long period of time(6 months) or so.
Like top commentator for each month gets the piece of their choice…. Something like that.
Ah, who knows…
-TheYoungGuy

]]> Comment on HBP Giveaway or Sale? by kristarella http://hardwareblogportal.com/hbp-giveaway-or-sale.html#comment-640 kristarella Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:58:09 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/hbp-giveaway-or-sale.html#comment-640 Maybe worth your while building another one for backing up or something? We have so many computer around here, it's a bit ridiculous. Sorry, we don't need the parts. :P Maybe worth your while building another one for backing up or something?

We have so many computer around here, it’s a bit ridiculous. Sorry, we don’t need the parts. :P

]]> Comment on Clan Review #2: Battlefieldbs.com by it http://hardwareblogportal.com/clan-review-2-battlefieldbscom.html#comment-481 it Tue, 20 May 2008 15:28:10 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/clan-review-2-battlefieldbscom.html#comment-481 yeah.. interesting info..i will use it, thx! yeah.. interesting info..i will use it, thx!

]]> Comment on GTA IV Freezes by TheYoungGuy http://hardwareblogportal.com/gta-iv-freezes.html#comment-363 TheYoungGuy Sat, 03 May 2008 03:11:04 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/gta-iv-freezes.html#comment-363 So here is what I did: I followed the steps to disable my internet connection. Then Cleared my Browser Cache and Cookies. Started the game and Ka-Pow... it worked. So let me know if anything worked for you. So here is what I did: I followed the steps to disable my internet connection. Then Cleared my Browser Cache and Cookies. Started the game and Ka-Pow… it worked.

So let me know if anything worked for you.

]]> Comment on Gigabyte Mercury Pro by mark http://hardwareblogportal.com/gigabyte-mercury-pro.html#comment-227 mark Sat, 05 Jan 2008 14:57:19 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/gigabyte-mercury-pro.html#comment-227 i wonder if this thing is quiet? i wonder if this thing is quiet?

]]> Comment on Online vs. In-Store by vaibhav http://hardwareblogportal.com/online-vs-in-store.html#comment-197 vaibhav Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:15:14 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/online-vs-in-store.html#comment-197 Both has its own advantages and disadvantages. The reason being online shopping inc so rapidly, is the ease, and sites becoming safer by the day. Specially in cold countries, where people dont want to get out their houses, there is a high rise in online stuff Both has its own advantages and disadvantages. The reason being online shopping inc so rapidly, is the ease, and sites becoming safer by the day. Specially in cold countries, where people dont want to get out their houses, there is a high rise in online stuff

]]> Comment on Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 by Paulo Machado http://hardwareblogportal.com/intel-core-2-extreme-qx9650.html#comment-194 Paulo Machado Thu, 27 Dec 2007 22:11:09 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/intel-core-2-extreme-qx9650.html#comment-194 Hi. I think that QX9650 won't work with Asus Striker Extreme as this one have a nvidia chipset that don't support 45nm Quad core processors. Hi. I think that QX9650 won’t work with Asus Striker Extreme as this one have a nvidia chipset that don’t support 45nm Quad core processors.

]]> Comment on PCI Express 2.0 by Hardware Blog Portal » Blog Archive » nVidia 780i SLI Released http://hardwareblogportal.com/pci-express-20.html#comment-192 Hardware Blog Portal » Blog Archive » nVidia 780i SLI Released Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:37:17 +0000 http://hardwareblogportal.com/pci-express-20.html#comment-192 [...] system monitoring application. The new motherboards will have PCI Express 2.0 slots (as described here), but don’t worry about having to buy different graphics cards, 2.0 is fully backwards [...] […] system monitoring application. The new motherboards will have PCI Express 2.0 slots (as described here), but don’t worry about having to buy different graphics cards, 2.0 is fully backwards […]

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