I have bit the bullet and purchased a new desktop after the Athlon 64 XP pro box just seems to be seriously slow these days.

On my Win7 64 Home Premium lappy, running MS Security Essentials in concert with Avast Free, seems to keep things running smooth.

Any advice as to a better combination? The ONLY bloatware on the new PC I purchased is a trial version of ESET Antivirus.

For those interested, I bought the PC from MicroCenter in Denver where they do sell a store-branded fully assembled line of desktop/tower PCs called PowerSpec. This is not that far off from an assemble it yourself solution with open drive bays, expansion slots, etc. except you don't have to assemble it yourself.

So, looking for advice on whether or not this combo, which I am familiar with, has a better alternative or if I should supplement it in any way.

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