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Hey guys, do you think its worth the upgrade from Sennheiser CX-300 II's to CX-500's? My friend wants to buy my 300 II's and I'm tempted to do it and upgrade.... So is it worth the money? Or is there earphones in the $100-$150 AUD range that you would recommend over these?

Little BaBy JESUS wrote:

Hey guys, do you think its worth the upgrade from Sennheiser CX-300 II's to CX-500's? My friend wants to buy my 300 II's and I'm tempted to do it and upgrade.... So is it worth the money? Or is there earphones in the $100-$150 AUD range that you would recommend over these?

Can't hurt to upgrade.  My own pair were 200AUD with shipping (and discount), but they replaced a 30 dollar pair, so I don't have any suggestions for that price range (though I did look for them).

.Sup wrote:

if you play it smart you don't need an AV

This.. I've been AV free for about two years. If you're anywhere near tech-savvy then you realise what'll have viruses in it.

I now enjoy being able to use my computer when I start it, rather than having to wait for AVG to update first.

Defiance wrote:

.Sup wrote:

if you play it smart you don't need an AV

Yet, no computer security expert worth his salt will ever advise such action. If you ever download a file, torrent something, or plug a flash drive in to your computer, you ought to have an AV program.

Finray, if you think AVG is too intrusive (I did as well), I suggest using Avast.

Tried that too. I much prefer relying on common sense.

GC_PaNzerFIN wrote:

Finray wrote:

.Sup wrote:

if you play it smart you don't need an AV

This.. I've been AV free for about two years. If you're anywhere near tech-savvy then you realise what'll have viruses in it.

I now enjoy being able to use my computer when I start it, rather than having to wait for AVG to update first.

Say wut? I have AVG, and you can make it update when you want. Also starts like immediately.

And yeah you better have AV. Unless you never use internet or download any file.

Well i7 vs (at the time) P4.

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Finray wrote:

Defiance wrote:

.Sup wrote:

if you play it smart you don't need an AV

Yet, no computer security expert worth his salt will ever advise such action. If you ever download a file, torrent something, or plug a flash drive in to your computer, you ought to have an AV program.

Finray, if you think AVG is too intrusive (I did as well), I suggest using Avast.

Tried that too. I much prefer relying on common sense.

IT Security in a nutshell: Every door can be opened, so the goal is to have as many doors as possible. Having an AV program doesn't mean you should frolic in torrented porn with reckless abandon, but it's more assurance.

If Avast is too intrusive for you, you've got impossible standards. You can disable all trace that it exists from the GUI.

mr.hrundi wrote:

Whenever I boot my laptop, everything loads pretty fast, which is the way it should be. I reformatted 2 weeks ago. But what takes a long time is the network drivers to realize that a cable is plugged in and that the connection is restricted. Only when the yellow warning symbol finally comes up after 3 minutes or so, I'm finally able to use username and password to get my connection going.

Is there any way to speed it up?

what brand laptop?

King_County_Downy wrote:

Sounds like you may have loaded the drivers incorrectly.

Always go in this order:
OS
System Utilities <reboot>
Chipset <reboot>
All other drivers
Then you can install all the other software, followed last with AV.

Is there any way to see what's the current booting order? because when it's determined by the order in which I installed all the stuff, it should work.

burnzz wrote:

what brand laptop?

fujitsu siemens, model name is amilo

Finray wrote:

Defiance wrote:

.Sup wrote:

if you play it smart you don't need an AV

Yet, no computer security expert worth his salt will ever advise such action. If you ever download a file, torrent something, or plug a flash drive in to your computer, you ought to have an AV program.

Finray, if you think AVG is too intrusive (I did as well), I suggest using Avast.

Tried that too. I much prefer relying on common sense.

If a simple virus db update is slowing you down or is too "intrusive" you're on a pos.

Kmarion wrote:

Finray wrote:

Defiance wrote:

Yet, no computer security expert worth his salt will ever advise such action. If you ever download a file, torrent something, or plug a flash drive in to your computer, you ought to have an AV program.

Finray, if you think AVG is too intrusive (I did as well), I suggest using Avast.

Tried that too. I much prefer relying on common sense.

If a simple virus db update is slowing you down or is too "intrusive" you're on a pos.

On a pos?

It's not so much it's too intrusive, or it that it would slow me down on my current setup, but back when I had a P4 and some crappy 333Mhz RAM it really did slow me down. Anti virus scans starting up at weird times and all that, just didn't work with a crappy computer.

So I ditched it, and got used to not having one. If I get a file which I suspect is a virus >> http://www.kaspersky.co.uk/virusscanner

I was just saying that yes, nowadays if you are worried about a simple av program impacting the performance of your machine then it's time for a new machine. There really is no reason not to have av installed. Computer usage habits are the most important factors in avoiding infections. But nobody, no matter how tech savvy they think they are, is impervious to attack. The cost of having a (good) AV program taking up a tiny amount of resources is easily justified. IMO

It means a shit computer no doubt.

Ahh now I understand his post

I thought "On a pos" was some weird way of saying stupid or something.