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      06-11-2010
The only AV I am running is MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). It would not bother me at all to disable it. I ran for two years without an AV. I know from experience that an AV can slow your PC down. If I start to notice my PC slowing down because I am running MSE. I will disable it and continue to use my PC without an AV once more.
 
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There isn't really a slow down on my PC, just that its slower
 
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      06-13-2010
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It wouldn't make your PC unusable, you would just have to do a few more mouse clicks.

If you're chewing up 4GB of RAM out of 6GB total. Yes, Windows 7 will run slow.

The analogy I can think of is pumping water, you're pumping a lot of water at home and you wonder why you can't pump as much as the one at work which is mostly just on standby to pump.

You built the system so therefore you'll figure it out, eventually. Maybe tweaking the drivers. I could explain how to do that but I'm too tired at the moment.
To use your analogy mate, his work pc is a standard pump, he's invested in his home one to make it a high pressure pump with a higher capacity tank so it can handle what he wants to do. No way should a standard pump be outperforming a high pressure one, in any case, it doesn't sound like he's stretching it too much considering he's only using 4 of 6 RAM.
 
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      06-13-2010
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The only AV I am running is MSE (Microsoft Security Essentials). It would not bother me at all to disable it. I ran for two years without an AV. I know from experience that an AV can slow your PC down. If I start to notice my PC slowing down because I am running MSE. I will disable it and continue to use my PC without an AV once more.
I don't think you'll have to be concerned with MSE slowing your system, I run it on all of my Windows installs (except 2K & XP Pro 64 bit). And haven't had any slowdowns from running it. I've found it to be the lightest and most effective security package for me, and I've tried and tested many of them. MSE should serve you well for years to come.
 
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