[jdm]

...and contrary to the masses, it is possible (very possible) to tweak IE so that it runs as fast as Firefox and/or Opera, Maxthon, Avant, etc. Of course you don't have tabbed browsing with IE, but the speed is there.

[IncPen]

Of course you don't have tabbed browsing with IE, but the speed is there.

And by keeping IE you still get to hang out the convenient 'help yourself' sign that attracts spyware, malware, security hacks, etc...

[Swordmaker]

and contrary to the masses, it is possible (very possible) to tweak IE

but the "masses" are not "tweakers", jdm. Just like it's possible to make Windows secure, it isn't easy for a non-techie average user to do it right... or even to know it has to be done or how.