Timing and Spacing

I've been installing Windows Live OneCare on the machines around the house. The tablet was one of the last, mainly because I was concerned about the performance cost. So far, the only major cost (and I do mean major) was a large increase in boot time.

As noted earlier, my boot time was 58 seconds. After installing OneCare, that's gone up to an almost unbelievable 95 seconds. Time to unhibernate was about the same (within a second or two) and application performance seems unchanged.

I'll probably leave it on for a while and see how it works out. I feel the need for virus and malware protection on all my machines (particularly one that will be hanging out in public wireless hotspots), but I'll have to see if that comes at too high a cost. So far, I think I can live with. I'll keep you posted.