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Originally Posted by vbnmu
How does an AV software affect a large manufacturer's selling price of a PC???
'These dirt cheap budget PC's' target a category of people, those who believe it suits their needs or their budget. Not less educated users.
If u had the money am sure u would go for an Aston Martin instead of buying cheap spare parts for your budget car. It certainly does not mean you are a less than capable driver.
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When I'm talking about these cheap PC's, I'm talking of systems where manufacturers skimp on even a cheap commodity such as RAM, thus seriously slowing down a machine by only fitting 256Mb (with 32Mb of that often being used for video) when 512Mb would show a decent performance increase for very little cost. I'm talking less educated users, because a less educated user won't normally know the difference between a £300 PC and an £800 PC other than the cost.
I'm not trying to stereotype, just making what I feel is a valid point. How many of those users who know very little about computers would think of changing from that free AV software - very little I would have thought. Its these 'less educated' (ok rephrase what I said originally as 'more PC-literate' is more appropriate) users who wonder why they keep having pop-ups and wonder why their internet connection is so slow.