I used Norton anti-virus for years and switched to another brand when they stopped producing viable upgrades. This new version has a nice antivirus system, however, it offers little in the way of other protections. What I need in security software is a fast tracking system, a good firewall and quick detection. The upgrade portion of this seems doable, but there is little in the way of email protection, etc. While this is an okay product, I’ll stick with my current software.

I was skeptical about using this at first because I already have AVG installed, but this tool works wonderfully in addition to my current protection software, with additional features, such as extended malware and virus protection. It scans all our internet sites and alerts you to possible problem areas, which is great, but it does this in addition to my current software, so I’m getting double the protection. The reports and scan area are easy to use, and the instructions are explicit, which I love.

Bitdefender offers solid virus protection, and realtime scanning capabilities. But there are known slowdown issues and compatibility problems with youtube.

Norton 360 version 2.0 is the latest iteration of Symantec’s popular all in one utilities. It came about as a bundling of the various standalone software such as Norton Antivirus, Norton Utilities, Norton Firewall and Ghost (included in some versions). The fact that these software were developed separately and then marketed together shows up in the uneven performance across the board. First, the good. The Utilities component is outstanding. The defragmentation feature is worth the price of admission and represents an upgrade over the vanilla variety that windows offers (which in of itself is licensed from symantec I believe).

Norton 360 version 2.0 is the latest iteration of Symantec’s popular all in one utilities. It came about as a bundling of the various standalone software such as Norton Antivirus, Norton Utilities, Norton Firewall and Ghost (included in some versions). The fact that these software were developed separately and then marketed together shows up in the uneven performance across the board. First, the good. The Utilities component is outstanding. The defragmentation feature is worth the price of admission and represents an upgrade over the vanilla variety that windows offers (which in of itself is licensed from symantec I believe).

Please note that this review refers to the 2008 Mac Home and Student Edition. This edition is native MAC and is supposed to offer speed improvement. However, it crashed frequently on my machine. Not recommended.

Approximately 3 months of usage now and going strong. I am able to recognize simple characters and basic conversation phrases in Japanese. Each level takes 1 year to fully complete, so this complete set is in effect a 3 year language course.

Having used this for several months now i found the immersion approach to be well suitednFor french. It is familiar enough to really progess rapidly essentially through pattern recognition. Other more diversenLanguages are difficult to learn and some user may find thenRosetta stone approach to be overwhelming in those instances.

Please note that this review refers to the 2008 Mac Home and Student Edition. This edition is native MAC and is supposed to offer speed improvement. However, it crashed frequently on my machine. Not recommended.

Useful if needed as a backup