Hey man, just because you haven't experienced antivirus slowdowns does not mean they do not occur. Perhaps the slowdowns these people are experiencing are due t

Hey man, just because you haven't experienced antivirus slowdowns does not mean they do not occur. Perhaps the slowdowns these people are experiencing are due to a system configuration that you have not used. Earlier this year my Windows 7 machine with a Xeon W3565 (3.20 GHz) and 6GB RAM was slowing down noticeably every time Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 downloaded new definitions--something it did twice a day. I would consider this a reasonably powerful machine, and the slowdown had an effect on my ability to work.