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"my only complaint ( really more of an observation ) is that the outside finish of the ipod is rather delicate , so i am going to get a case for mine so it doesn 't get all scratched up ."
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"if there were any complaints i have , they are marginal , but one is apples ' proprietary set-up for music files , their incompatibility with other music services ( i . e . napster ) is down right wrong ."
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"also , some other mp3 players such as the nitrus allow you to play wma ( windows media audio ) files , whereas the ipod does not ."
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"as with most headphones that come with any type of music player , i recommend throwing these into the nearest river , unless you like having hard , round pieces of plastic in your ears ."
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because steve jobs is a twisted individual and he made sure that he ruined this device by giving it an unrepeatable 18 month battery .
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this was obviously a conspiracy as it is freak in ' easy to manufacture a device with replaceable batteries ! . ! .
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"however , in my mind , $299 is a lot to pay for a device that will only last 18 months ."
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looks and durability : i realize many people are fond of the minimalist white interface .
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"the biggest red flag for me was the fact that although my cousin 's player was relatively new , it was riddled with scratches ."
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"battery : compared to the other players on the market , the ipod has one of the worst batteries around ."
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"maybe this new design is more durable than the last , but i kind of doubt it ."
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"we can start by losing the shiny miracle-material cover that you can literally scratch just by looking at it wrong , and thus eliminate the need for third-party "" asking "" protective covers for an extra thirty bucks ."
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"first of all , i 've never been big on earbuds - they 're just not that comfortable ."
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"and if you 're a mac user like me , they 've naturally made sure you have no viable alternative ."
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"however , the battery life isn 't as good as i would like ."
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cons breaks easily .
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hard drive screws up occasionally
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"this is only a problem at night , during the day the screen is very easy to see ."
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the only problem is the battery life .
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apple 's ipod battery replacement service costs $100 ! .
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"i have read the installation instructions for both nis 2004 and navy 2004 prior to installation , but still ended up with the same result . . . junk software ."
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"but if i installed either one of these norton products , neither works after installation ? ."
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"i have used norton for the past 5 years and for the last 2 years , the software has gotten more and more disgraceful ."
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i am glad that i do not work for norton .
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"after 4 attempted installs , i have finally given up ."
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"during install , nis would either freeze or not reboot properly when asked to do so ."
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"the ms scandisk would appear due to manual shutdown and would only scan to the 2nd bar , over and over ( up to 1 hr , i then shut it down and used go back ) ."
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i have never had this problem with any other software on my computer .
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"being a past norton customer , i consider this to be a slap to my face ."
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buying software that can not be installed normally and being put into the position of having a non-working computer .
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"norton has been on a downhill slid recently with their products , but with this one , they have fallen off the cliff ."
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"as a loyal customer of norton/symantec products , i purchased internet security 2004 as a software firewall and could not be any more dissatisfied with the product ( and hence the one star rating ) ."
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yeah - this program protects your computer all right - by locking you off the internet .
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other than that it is all the same except the new updates .
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so far i haven 't had so much complaints except that i still haven 't mastered how to scandisk when using internet security .
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too bad the product is cumbersome and intertwined trying to do so much at one time .
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sometimes a suite is not a good deal and all you get is a bundle of headaches .
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norton internet security 2004 is one of the more buggy implementations .
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this product has virtually all the same installation problems .
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"for purposes of clarity , here is my review from that product , edited to be appropriate for this product , since , for the most part , they share many of the same problems ."
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"this version of internet security 2004 , is beyond hope ."
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"they are a royal pain to install , and don 't function properly once finally installed -- if you can install them at all ."
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the biggest problem is the installation .
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"also if you do manage to get it installed , any problems with liveupdate or with system works will also affect the functionality and/or the process of updating internet security ."
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"i 've had to install and uninstall them four or five times so far , and i 've not to get either product working properly ."
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"first , it serious , serious installation problems ."
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"back in may 2004 , when i first reviewed this , it had taken me over 16 hours to install and run ."
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"almost from the beginning , liveupdate would not function ."
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"first , it failed whenever connecting to get updates ."
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"when i finally got it working , it only worked properly for many a month ."
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"the next problem was that it didn 't recognize all the installed components , so it would not update them , most notably and importantly , virus definitions ."
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"but this doesn 't make up for it 's innumerable other short-comings , the biggest of which is the inability to download any updates due to problems with liveupdate ."
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the other annoyance with this that you have to remove every single remnant of previous version of norton systemworks before you installs this .
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"warning ! . the windows "" remove program "" feature does not do a good job of this , and neither does norton 's own removal program ."
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"a lot of "" fragments "" were left in the registry , and it the norton system folders ."
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"if you have an older version of "" internet security "" installed , you may also need to remove it as well before proceeding with systemworks install ."
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you also need to go in and manually remove many symantec files from the registry .
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"as of october , 2004 , these products are not working and i 'm ready to demand a refund from symantec ."
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i just uninstalled systemworks and internet security for at least the fifth time due to functionality issues .
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"once again it won 't reinstall , even with online and email assistance from symantect technicians ."
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"the best thing to do with this version , is to leave it on the store shelf . it doesn 't work , and will cost you an enormous amount of your time , not to mention your hard earned dollars ."
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"personally , i may never buy symantect products again ."
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avoid this product at all costs .
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"there are some highs to the 2004 edition , but mostly lows ."
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"the program brings more problems than a virus , albeit not as major problems , just not what you expect for 70 bucks ."
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"i had a question about the pros and cons of turning off the norton firewall vs . the windows firewall , and waited 45 minutes to speak with a tech support representative because i did not have a "" customer priority id number . """
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"then when i went to norton 's website to obtain a priority id number per the instructions i had been given , i couldn 't find a way to get one ."
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"so i e-mailed the online tech support with that simple question , and got a reply which was totally unresponsive ( it looked as though they didn 't actually read the e-mail and just sent back a few boilerplate paragraphs ) ."
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"and , when you think about it , it 's insulting that norton requires its customers to jump through these hoops -- anyone who can provide proof of purchase , whether on the phone or online ( what if your computer is down ? . ) , should have equal priority ."
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stay away from this product ! .
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"i don 't know what 's happened to norton , but 2004 is absolute garbage ."
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the customer support is pathetic .
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i have found too many bugs in norton internet security professional to recommend it to any one without extreme patience and experience .
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this product is absolutely not ready for release .
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"it is buggy , slow and basically frustrates the heck out of the user ."
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"i am an it professional and have used norton for years , but this product is a complete and utter dud ."
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it 's a rip off if one buys norton internet security and antivirus .
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nothing spectacular is done by internet security or by antivirus software .
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even though i have the parental controls off it constantly starts updating them then freezes my computer .
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"now in october , 2004 , the firewall said i couldn 't ok anymore software to use the internet because its full ."
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im at full capacity ! . ! . ! . ! . i called syman tic and they said they don 't know why but i should get tech 's support at $35/hr to help ! . ! . i did call them and was on hold for 55 minutes until i hung up ! .
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"so , don 't buy this or upgrade ."
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"if you currently own the 2003 version , and are looking to upgrade to the 2004 version , don 't ."
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"there is little meaningful difference between the two versions aside from the tedious activation process , and the product is currently rather buggy and has problems running unless cleanly installed on a formatted drive ."
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"if you are new to the market and looking to buy a symantec software product , save yourself some money and buy the 2003 version ."
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"from day one , we 've had hangups , crashes , glitches , continual reboots , long shutdowns due to "" cc app . exe "" program running which is a norton program ."
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long reboots due to norton taking forever to boot .
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"we constantly got "" windows virtual memory low "" error messages popping up foll wed by ridiculous slowdowns and/or crashes ."
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norton online support does not even acknowledge this problem nor does the computer company that preloaded it on our new computer .
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norton support is completely pathetic .
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do not buy any home version of norton anything .
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"our norton internet/av 2004 was terrible right from the get go , so i 'd think that if steelworks is ok now , it should remain ok ."
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just the home version of norton internet/av has too many glitches and problems to even remotely bother with .
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"i am an advanced computer user , so i can not even imagine how a new or novice user would ever get this terrible program to work ! ."
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"seems the "" program scan "" feature did not find the exe file for outlook ! ."
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"like most of their solutions ( which first blame other applications for errors ) , the tech persons line was that this was probably a microsoft error - it was not ."
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it was a symantec error .
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"after a recent update , i can no longer open more then 1 browser window ."
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i 've searched the program and their online tech support ( worthless ) and have found no solutions .
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"this is definitely one of those products , especially as the company is leaning more towards making a profit ."
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