The NIX system reference that you mention in essence covers my view, in that every user has a different level of expertise therefor needs a different level of security. My personal experience is that of many users turn it off and rely on a good internet security suite to stop infections. Certainly in my view, I would not rely just on UAC to protect my computer without an internet security suite backing it up (while using it as adminstrator role or standard), but that's my personal preference and the reason I would not just rely on UAC. UAC will certainly send an alert to ask if you want to run an exe, but it certainly does not stop an infection if you do allow that exe as an administrator as opposed to a good ISS stopping it.
Again this is horses for courses, I have run fine as an Administrator since RC1 with a good ISS, keyscrambler, password and information protection and of course relying on some good ol' knowledge of potential nasties. However if you feel more secure with it turned on this is ok too, I personally along with many others find it a nuisance and is usually the first option to go after a Windows installation. Is it bad advice? In my opinion no ( factoring in my experience and that of my customer base and internet base), in yours eyes yes (factoring your experience's etc) so hence my comment in the last post "Horses for courses".
I didn't find your post rude btw, you were expressing your opinion.
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