The are plenty of ways to measure value in a given market – and each industry has its own quirks – but two offers landed in the KitGuru spam-sack this morning that, side-by-side, gave us pause.
Even with the constant improvements to hard drive production cost efficiency, does this pairing seem right to you?
Several of the KitGuru systems are backed up onto a 2TB Seagate Expansion drive. These little chaps used to cost way more than £100, but the simple design and hardware reliability made them a bit of a favourite.
Now, we're seeing the 3TB variant in the market at just over £89 – complete with 2 year warranty and USB 3 data transfer rates.
At the same time, the same reseller has a special deal on Norton's security suite – which it is offering for £99.
Sure, Norton has included some additional internet security features and some cloud storage – but can it really be said to be worth £10 more than a physical 3TB hard drive?
For us, the 3TB drive and getting AVG for FREE seems like a much better deal, but what do we know?
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KitGuru says: It's hard to think that something as simple and mundane as anti-virus software would cost anything like a 3TB drive. Especially when the AV on offer is far from being a clear market leader.
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I still think that people who pay for anti-virus are really foolish. There are plenty of great free AV’s out there which require very little effort to set up and run.
If you think buying an antivirus is foolishness, then there will be no antivirus on the market even the free versions.
I say people who use free ones are foolish and obviously do not have a clue as to which AV is the best. Kaspersky £19.99 a year and no Viruses.
People who use free ones aren’t foolish…I’ve been using AVG Free and avast! free for years, and I have never had a single virus. As long as you know what to avoid, you will have a next to no chance of getting a virus.