Thanks Avi, good review. you covered all the important points.

Nice to know that the performance is smoother than previous versions.

Update size is too big, but most AVs have such a large signature database.

Considering the online installer's size is 52 mb, and the offline installer's size is 150 mb, I doubt that the language files could be 100 mb.
Has anyone tested the offline installer ? perhaps it contains a virus signature database too.