I’m not a professional photographer. Not even close. And I’m not a hobbyist either. I just wanted a tool that would help me make my family and personal photos look good. I also have some ancient family photos I’ve scanned. Since the interface looked foreign to me, I watched several of the tutorial videos before starting. This is a really powerful tool. While I won’t need many of AfterShot’s powerful features, I can appreciate the ones that make my photos look nice.

I always get my virus protection from Amazon, the price is so much better. McAfee offers excellent virus protection and is easy to install/uninstall. Although installation does take a few minutes, it is well worth it. I have it do the scans and updates when I’m not using my computer so it doesn’t slow me down.

The best thing about Vipre is the unlimited home licensing! Finally all our computers are protected. IT works on our netbooks too, just copy the files to a flash drive. I have both Vista and XP. Vipre installed without any issues on laptops, netbooks and the desktop here. I was impressed with the quick installation and the small program size. Also, Vipre has a lot of extras: anti-virus, anti-spyware, anti-rootkit, anti-malware, key logger and secure file eraser.

Dragon Naturally Speaking Premium is a high-end speech dictation software package. This was my first experience with such software. This review was written using Dragon. My experience is limited to a few hours with this software. Installing Dragon was simply a matter of placing the CD in the drive and following standard installation protocol. The package included a CD with the software, a quick start guide and a microphone headset. It loaded successfully on the first try and so far has shown no tendency to nag for registration or other issues.

Installation:n= For a trouble-free installation, completely un-install any competing products firstn= Also, un-install any other Mcafee products you have installed, it will not remove them as promised but it will choke on them.n= Shut all other programs down during install, you will need to restart your PC upon completion.n= Mcafee will check your computer for virusesn= We installed on Win 7 and XP with no issuesnnWhat Works:n+ Doesn’t noticeably slow down computern+ Lots of features: Anti-virus, anti-spy, anti-phishing, website safety ratings, etcn+ Catches viruses in email before you open itn+ Intuitive interfacen+ 3 users - everyone in the family can use the same productnnWhat Could Be Better:n- I didn’t have to call tech support but I have friends who use this product also and say that it is awful.

Pros:nSeamless, all inclusive computer care programnAutomatic updatesnEasy installnEasy to usennCons:nMust call Microsoft if you want to uninstallnCost $49.95/yr for maintanencenMust have a Windows Live account to usenToo many pop ups interfering with regular computer use all the time.

The Anime Studio packaging makes one think the product is geared toward children or beginners. As a beginner, I can testify that this is not the case. I’m a software engineer. When I write software and design GUIs (Graphical User Interfaces), every function must be immediately obvious to even the most casual observer or have context sensitive help or both. This software would NOT have made it to production where I work.

I’m still working through the basics. So far, this is an awesome package. Chinese is tough because of the strange alphabet and the language is totally different from English. Even though I have a busy schedule, I’m still able to learn Chinese bit by bit in the time that I do have. This is an expensive package, but worth it. It’s nice to be able to go at your own pace.

Had difficult time installing this, would not install on all my PCs and tech support was not helpful. I’m going with McAfee now since updating this was so painful.

NIS provides excellent protection and the family license is nice to have. The 2014 runs even faster and smoother than the 2013 did. NIS includes phishing and malware protection - or they claim to, I haven’t had any known issues. Installation was fast and easy, but I know from prior experience, if I want to un-install it, it will probably take a lot longer. The only thing I don’t like is all the nagging emails and messages you get.