Hey guys, on Wednesday I went with an older senior CITIZEN to help her purchase a laptop computer with Windows Vista.  A purchase was made at a Best Buy store.  One of the sales reps in the store mentioned anti-virus software; specifically, he mentioned a package they offer which includes making a restore CD from the restore partition on the hard drive, installing anti-virus software (I'm not sure whether this included the software or just the installation of it), and I THINK maybe something else for $149.  I told him I would take care of the anti-virus.  He asked me what I was thinking of installing.  I said AVG Free.  He said it's not compatible with Windows Vista.  I was skeptical and still declined their package. 

I see that Vista is one of the OS listed at http://www.download.com/3000-2239_4-10695030.html.  I did not have time to try installing AVG on her computer yet.  She does not have Internet access yet.  Just wondered whether any of you have used AVG with Windows Vista or have any personal knowledge about this issue.

Edit: I just found some info on AVG's website that shows Windows Vista as one of the compatible OS, as I would expect.  I suspect the Best Buy sales rep was simply not well informed.It runs fine on Vista...

Being able to create restore CD's for the machine is free if she visit's the manuf. site for instructions.

If she wants the SECURITY of a backup program as well ACRONIS True Image can be shipped from newegg for less than 35 bucks.

You just saved her $115.00 Good Job !

Quote from: soybean on June 15, 2007, 11:21:35 AM

Edit: I just found some info on AVG's website that shows Windows Vista as one of the compatible OS, as I would expect.  I suspect the Best Buy sales rep was simply not well informed.