Installed 8.1 on 2015 Win 10 laptop

[Teeotsa]

It could be argued that if you have good security already running on your system most updates would be optional.

You mean Windows Defender and Windows Firewall? I've disabled em!

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Well they're not bad but I wouldn't call them great. I personally like Kaspersky Total Security and a good physical firewall but to each their own.

 

[Teeotsa]

Well they're not bad but I wouldn't call them great. I personally like Kaspersky Total Security and a good physical firewall but to each their own.

No thanks. I have no antivirus software installed on my installation of Windows. I don't have any form of security on my computer. Even my web-browsers are kinda out-dated 😂
Also, Windows 8.1's defender is good, using it on my tablet (my opinion).

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Meh, some folks like to live dangerously. As I stated before, Defender isn't bad but I wouldn't call it great. One redeeming factor in Windows 10 is that it does have good av protection. Not sure what Win 11 is like. I have it on my laptop but I rarely use my laptop and not really a fan of tablets. Of course, if you have nothing to lose you don't need to use any security at all. I have an old Dell PC that I use for experimental purposes: Totally bogus email, bogus identity, bogus Windows account. I don't make online purchases with it and there is no crtical data on it. I use it to check out dubious web sites and bogus emails. I sometimes use it to play around with bogus scammers when I'm bored. I still hide behind a firewall when i use it.

 

[Teeotsa]

Meh, some folks like to live dangerously.

Me 😂

I have "critical data" on my computer. And i don't really worry about my security, as i don't click everything i see.

I have an old Dell PC that I use for experimental purposes:

Specs? Just wanna know

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Oh it's just an old Dell inspiron. 4 GB DDR2 memory, Duo core, nothing special. Tough little thing tho. Let me guess. You use VM?

 

[Teeotsa]

You use VM?

Nope! On a raw machine 😂 Why would i use VM?

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Why wouldn't you?

 

[Teeotsa]

Why wouldn't you?

Try to run VM with 4 gigs of ram 😂

 

[SCANNERMAN]

lol I have!

 

[Teeotsa]

lol I have!

And, was it slow? Yes 😂 I don't use VMs, if i want to use Operating Systems, i just install them on my main computer.

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Slow? Why ever would it be slow with a whole 4 GB of RAM? 😜

 

[Teeotsa]

Slow? Why ever would it be slow with a whole 4 GB of RAM? 😜

Ah, no no. You understood wrong i guess. I have 4gigs of system memory and i can give max 2 gigs to vm.

 

[SCANNERMAN]

You could always up your game, but then I imagine your PC can only handle a maximum of 4 GB of system memory?

 

[Teeotsa]

You could always up your game, but then I imagine your PC can only handle a maximum of 4 GB of system memory?

No, 16GB is max 😂 Bought 8GB kit today, now waiting for it to arrive

 

[SCANNERMAN]

Oh, good. So then at least you're running with a 64 bit o/s. You can use VM ware w 16 GB of system memory if you have a half decent CPU surely. But then it depends on what you're using it for. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself.

 

[Teeotsa]

Oh, good. So then at least you're running with a 64 bit o/s. You can use VM ware w 16 GB of system memory if you have a half decent CPU surely. But then it depends on what you're using it for. Yes, I know I'm repeating myself.

My CPU is kinda crappy. Have to upgrade 😂

 

[SCANNERMAN]

It really does depend on what you use it for

 

[Teeotsa]

It really does depend on what you use it for

Anything really. Gaming, video editing, game hacking etc... 😀

 

[SCANNERMAN]

If you make online purchases you might consider upping your security a little and staying on top of your updates.