bloatware

Friday, October 30, 2009
Software

Acer’s Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes To Boot Time

5:49AM Adam Frucci | PC Pro looked into the bloatware included on new laptops by major manufacturers, measuring how memory, HDD space and boot times are negatively effected. And good lord, it’s worse than you thought. More »
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Thursday, October 29, 2009
Software

Microsoft Retail Store PCs Will Be Crapware-Free, But Still Not Happy

3:20PM Rosa Golijan | No one likes uninstalling bloatware, trialware and craplets from their freshly unboxed PCs. Microsoft finally acknowledges this by skipping the unnecessary third-party software in Microsoft retail store PCs. That’s truly great, but they should do a little more than that. More »
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Computers

Every Sony Vaio TZ Will Get Bloatware-Free “Fresh Start” Option

2:15AM Matt Buchanan | Sony’s bloatware-nuking “Fresh Start” option gets a little bit better every day. Originally, it cost US$50 and was only available on their businessy TZ2000. Then it got free. Now Sony says it’ll be available for every computer Vaio TZ by the end of the summer. Hey, maybe next they’ll make it the default. Oh yeah, not a chance. [Pocketables] More »
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Saturday, March 22, 2008
Computers

Sony Has the Balls to Charge You $50 to Not Install Bloatware on Your New PC

1:56AM Adam Frucci | We all know that bloatware, the crappy, useless software that computer manufacturers load up their new computers with, sucks. It clogs up the pipes and makes your brand new computer run slower right out of the box. Well, Sony feels you. That’s why in the US it’s offering a new “Fresh Start” option that wipes all the bloatware from a new computer. And they’re so generous, they’ll only charge you US$50 to not have all that garbage on there. Boy howdy, thanks Sony! It’s only available on the TZ2000 so far, but I’m sure Sony’ll be willing to take your money to not install software on your new computer for many more models in the near future. [Engadget] More »
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