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From: Hugh Jeego on 2 Sep 2008 02:03 "terryc" <newssixspam-spam(a)woa.com.au> wrote in message news:pan.2008.08.02.02.15.11.368508(a)woa.com.au... > On Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:42:29 +1000, Hugh Jeego wrote: > >> Correct in every case. However, the end point of what you said above >> comes >> to this - if the "tech" is definitely an honest person, they arent >> charging >> more than $50 an hour (not including drive time if it takes you 30 >> minutes >> or more to get there thus making a round trip 1 hour or more). No honest >> "tech" - and by that I mean someone who works in the industry because >> they >> love it, know what they are doing and just cant get enough of it - would >> do >> that. > > I'll take that as a joke. Come back and give me another opinion when > you've been in this game 20 years. > Been in it a lot longer than 20 years so take it whatever way you want - if they are charging more than $50 an hour if within a 30 minute drive then they are ripping people off, simple as that. Anyway, the market always irons those rip off artists out.
From: Hugh Jeego on 2 Sep 2008 02:07 "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:6ffr16Fbaao4U1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> Rod, try Avast again now and tell us what you think. > > OK, but I have never had a problem with AVG free updating reliably > automatically and > thats over a number of systems now because its what I normally put on > foreign systems. Did you try it? I must say that after about 6 weeks of Avast I am thoroughly disappointed. It reliably updates but it certainly is left in the dust by AVG when picking out viruses etc.
From: Rod Speed on 2 Sep 2008 02:43
Hugh Jeego <id(a)example.com> wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote >>> Rod, try Avast again now and tell us what you think. >> OK, but I have never had a problem with AVG free updating reliably automatically and >> thats over a number of systems now because its what I normally put on foreign systems. > Did you try it? Nar, managed to forget to. > I must say that after about 6 weeks of Avast I am thoroughly disappointed. It reliably updates but it certainly is > left in the dust by AVG when picking out viruses etc. OK, just as well I forgot |-) AVG keeps finding viruses in stuff its been happy with for a long time. I havent bothered to check whether they are false hits or not tho. Likely not, they are mostly in keygens. |