Security Software with Thinkpad Purchase

[chrisnyc]

If you order a Thinkpad and add on security software (Norton Internet Security 2005 @ $69.99), I'm assuming that you get the actual CD, right?
But also -- does the notebook come with the software pre-installed, or do you have to install it. If you have to install yourself, why not just buy elsewhere?

I looked at the Tabook page for the T42 I'm considering and I see that it comes with Norton Antivirus with 90 days updates. If I have to install Norton Internet Security 2005 with Antivirus already installed, isn't that a big inconvenience, uninstalling what's there before loading the new software?

Thanks for response from those who know how this works with Thinkpads.

[GomJabbar]

If I have to install Norton Internet Security 2005 with Antivirus already installed, isn't that a big inconvenience, uninstalling what's there before loading the new software?

Having a 90-day subscription to Norton AV is not having much, but at least you can go online as soon as you get your laptop, with less risk of getting a virus right off the bat. I've heard of people that have been infected the same day they got their new PC.

It's no big deal to uninstall Norton AV. Just go to: Start > Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs, then pick Norton AV out of the list and remove it.