Windows 10 considerations

[Edward Mendelson em36@xxxxxxxx]

I’ve stayed out of the discussion here about Windows 10, but I thought it might be worthwhile to mention one thing:

Windows 10 seems (finally) to have fully effective anti-virus features built in. There seems to be
no real need for any external anti-virus software. (Don’t take my word for this, of course;
do your own research.) But these features require that Windows has access to the anti-virus
definitions that Microsoft downloads more or less continuously to every Windows 10 system (in the
same way that Apple sends anti-virus information continuously to OS X systems).

I understand that some people find it very important to block Microsoft’s access to their
systems, but it’s worth keeping in mind what the potential cost of doing so might be.