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<blockquote data-quote="insanity" data-source="post: 889546" data-attributes="member: 55995">You&#039;re missing the point: WD is consistently worse than most&nbsp; AVs when it comes to on-access scan and disk usage. You don&#039;t have to run your system on a HDD to notice. I could notice the slowdown in my newer laptop when I opened a folder with many files (like executables, Word documents etc) or if I had an external HDD plugged in.Other users brought up the issue of running WD on older machines or low specs PCs, and I told it&#039;s terrible based on my own experience with my old laptop with a 5400 RPM HDD. Other AVs perform much better than WD, so there is certainly some room for improvement.You&#039;re basically saying: &quot;look, we know this product has been consistently inferior to its competitors for many years, but don&#039;t you dare come up with &#039;unrealistic expectations&#039; of improvements so as to make it on par with other AV software available on the market&quot;. LOLYour comment actually reflects an attitude that I see coming from many IT insiders and tech enthusiasts: the notion that their personal preferences should exclusively dictate the market trends. So, if there is a disconnect between Microsoft and customers, the problem is on the people, not on Microsoft. This is complete nonsense. The IT industry wants to offer their products in exchange for the customers&#039; hard earned money. So, companies should try to adapt their products to meet their customers&#039; needs, not the other way around.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="insanity, post: 889546, member: 55995"] You're missing the point: WD is consistently worse than most AVs when it comes to on-access scan and disk usage. You don't have to run your system on a HDD to notice. I could notice the slowdown in my newer laptop when I opened a folder with many files (like executables, Word documents etc) or if I had an external HDD plugged in. Other users brought up the issue of running WD on older machines or low specs PCs, and I told it's terrible based on my own experience with my old laptop with a 5400 RPM HDD. Other AVs perform much better than WD, so there is certainly some room for improvement. You're basically saying: "look, we know this product has been consistently inferior to its competitors for many years, but don't you dare come up with 'unrealistic expectations' of improvements so as to make it on par with other AV software available on the market". LOL Your comment actually reflects an attitude that I see coming from many IT insiders and tech enthusiasts: the notion that their personal preferences should exclusively dictate the market trends. So, if there is a disconnect between Microsoft and customers, the problem is on the people, not on Microsoft. This is complete nonsense. The IT industry wants to offer their products in exchange for the customers' hard earned money. So, companies should try to adapt their products to meet their customers' needs, not the other way around. [/QUOTE]

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