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Sorry to pick nits, but I'm not sure what you mean by "hardware dependent".
NAV consists of software, i.e. coded algorithms, the choice of which depends
in part on the developers' perception of the horsepower available to the
software on clients' machines. They may very well choose an algorithm in
NAV 2004 that they would never have considered using in NAV 1998, because
the average machine today is 10x faster CPU-wise than it was then.
Similarly, machines have much more memory now in general, so again,
algorithms that are memory-intensive are now feasible, which would not have
been before.
I think you get my drift. Perhaps a more illustrative term would be
"bloat".
I'm certain NAV 2004 would run on my machine, which has 266MHz PII w/ 96Mb
of RAM under Windows 98, if that's what is meant by not being "hardware
dependent". I seriously doubt that it would run as efficiently as NAV 2000.
"Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message
news:cglbcm$8j1$1@pyrite.mv.net...
> AV software is not hardware dependent, other than checking the boot
records
> on drives, and that usually occurs only when rebooting or doing a full
> system scan.
>
> More recent AV software has additional features, such as Script and Worm
> blocking that are necessary these daze.
>
> --
> http://www.standards.com/; See Howard Kaikow's web site.
> "Gordon McLean, Jr." <g.d.mcleanStrikeThis@attStrikeThis.net> wrote in
> message news:I9iXc.517961$Gx4.481072@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> > The problem is that newer versions tend to be written with newer
hardware
> in
> > mind, at least as a general principle.
> >
> > Those of us still happily running 7 year-old machines under Windows 98
may
> > be a little leary of updating to the lastest-and-greatest version of
> > software, be it NAV, Microsoft Office, or what have you.
> >
> > I try to stick with subscriptions for my current version of NAV for as
> long
> > a possible. It might cost a few dollars more, but then who wants the
> > machine's performance reduced? It's worth it.
> >
> > "Howard Kaikow" <kaikow@standards.com> wrote in message
> > news:cgiq9l$533$1@pyrite.mv.net...
> > ...snip...
> > >
> > > NAV is almost continuously available for no more than $9.99, after
> rebates
> > > at places like Staples, Comp USA, Best Buy, etc.
> > > As I recall, a subscription is more than $9.99.
> > >
> > > So, if you only need to update a single system, it is less expensive
to
> > buy
> > > the new version and one does get additional functionality.
> > > For example, see
> > >
> >
>
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=305475&pfp=SEARCH
> >
> >
>
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