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Not necessarily. They claim they are going to be sending out invites to join an ongoing beta and there was no mention of having to pay. Of course, just how broad the ongoing beta test will be is up in the air at this point, but the verbage in the email was all the current beta testers were eligible. Regardless, they'll get my $20.

well the beta was open to everyone so it doesnt make sense for them to give it out for free to beta testers in this case. Maybe for a closed beta but not an open one.

I've been using it for almost 10 months now and haven't had any problems. For $20, it beats the pants off of other pay-to-use security solutions. Its not very intrusive, the memory footprint on my computer is the same if not less than Norton's, and it integrates well with Windows Defender AND Windows Firewall. Give it a whirl...if you hate it...get rid of it after your year's up. You're only out $20, not the $60+ you'd pay for Norton or McAfee.

Plus you can install in on up to 3 computers for that 20 bucks

I dunno, I'm not a big fan of it. I was a tester from the very first tests they started long before most people, and even I had trouble keeping it installed on my systems. Their tune ups didn't give enough flexability (if I defrag with Perfect Disk, why MUST I defrag with the simple Windows defragger during tune up??), it seemed to be a bit to heavy on the system, etc. I prefer programs you never have to see, and when you do, they have a very simple quick interface, like SAV.

If the price is the issue then I can't really give that much input for you. I don't have to worry about that so I can't say if it's "worth it's money". I know I wouldn't pay for their spyware (I'd use Ad-Aware), I wouldn't use their backup software (I back up manually myself, I trust it more), I don't like their tune up, and their Firewall, while better, still isn't anything amazing. So that brings it just to the AV, which I don't know if I would rate as one of the best.

Onecare is worth about $0.05 lol
not $20

"the memory footprint on my computer is the same if not less than Norton's"

That's hardly a compliment, norton is a bloated pig and is often more nasty than the stuff you're trying to keep out in the first place!

That said, One Care isn't too bad, it worked well on my system and I would have to agree that the system performance was very good. I recomended it to my brother who is a bit computer challenged and he likes it a lot and plans on getting it - it's very easy to use especially for computer novices. $20/ year is a fairly decent renewal fee for an AV and firewall for up to three computers. Although I do dislike having to "rent" my security programs. If I let my subscription lapse for a week or two the program is going to disable? Not good.

Biggest complaint I had has to deal with it's Tune-Up portion and overall lack of options. Like someone else said you can't disable its defragmentor which is a major PITA if you use a 3rd party disk defragmentor - which do a much better job. Windows cheapy defrag will just mess up PerfectDisk's work.

"...since boot camp I am seriously thinking of switching..."

so, you'll still be needing an antivirus for your copy of windows installed on your new mac then?

of course you will.

make the choice:
norton/mcaffee/trend: ~$60 per computer
onecare: $7 per computer

or some free antivirus: £0, but no customer support

on a related note:
i'm typing this on my brand new 20" Core Duo iMac running Windows on Boot Camp.... SWEET!

"or some free antivirus: £0, but no customer support"

Well avast! has a free verison and they have very good support and avast! is one of the best AV's out there. Infact it's better then most AV's you pay for.