I ask this question after seeing so many people purchase a new PC only to have them slowed to a crawl by viruses, worms, spyware, and adware over the course of just a few weeks. I’d be very pissed off if I’d just spent $1000 on a new Dell only to find it nearly unusable after only a couple of weeks on cable or DSL. Imaging purchasing a new car only to find out that you needed to purchase anther few hundred dollars worth of add-ons and invest a few hours each week to keep it from crashing?
I’ve personally seen this very scenario happen to several friends of the family who recently puchased new PCs. These are not dumb people, mind you. These are regular PC owners that rely on their computers to manage their business, keep track of personal finances or just edit family video clips. Have we come to the point where we now expect every PC user to become an expert in Spyware or Viruses? What percentage of time to do you spend on your PC just keeping it working by running all these necessary programs like SpySweeper, Ad-Aware and then another backup program or imaging solution? I can’t think of another product in my life that requires more upkeep than my PC. When is enough….enough?
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