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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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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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Steve Ballmer Thinks PCs Can Run 5x Faster Without Crapware
8:00AM Jason Chen | We hate crapware, you hate crapware, and Steve Ballmer hates crapware. Here’s what Ballmer said last night about it. More »
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Dell Eliminates Almost All Crapware From Dimension and Inspiron Notebooks
4:15AM Jason Chen | Dell’s expanding their no crapware option from their high-end XPS systems to their entire Dimension desktop and Inspiron notebook line; meaning you’re going to get the option at purchase time to opt-out of pre-installed trialware and shareware that slows down your computer considerably even when it’s brand new. The one caveat is that these computers aren’t entirely trialware free—it still has antivirus, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Google Tools left behind. AU: You can now get the no crapware options from Dell Australia on the Vostro business line, and from recent discussions with local Dell reps this is set to expand, just not as quickly as on the US site. -SB More »
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Dell Kills Crapware…Almost
8:55AM Seamus Byrne | Regular readers know how much we hate preinstalled trialware on PCs. And how much we appreciate Dell’s XPS systems, which have an option for a “clean install” OS when you buy em. Well they’re moving that option to the Dimension desktop line, and Inspiron notebooks, too. And they’re shipping some machines with crapware uninstallers. Machines will still have trialware for Antivirus, but that’s acceptable. Good steps in the right direction, Dell. The rest of you flunky PC makers, we’ll be coming for you, soon. AU: Off the back of this, I’ve asked Dell Australia why we can’t choose clean installs here at all yet. Will update when we get a response. -SB [PC World] More »
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Which PCs Are Most Bloated?
9:45AM Seamus Byrne | This excellent video tests 8 new PCs for craplets in terms of trialware, drive space used, and set up times. Sony, HP and Dell are the worst offenders, although you can order a clean install of Dell’s XPS PCs. There’s a Mac in there, too. But you know how that ends up. –Brian Lam Is Your PC Feeling A Little Bloated? [PC Pitstop] More »
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New Mac vs. PC Ads Show Vista as Lardass
2:06PM Seamus Byrne | The latest Mac ad throws fire on the flames of the War on Craplets. A message to those PR people, engineers, product managers, VPs and CEOs at Dell, HP, Sony, Lenovo, and our other favorite PC makers: Don’t let the people in charge of putting these demos on your machines ruin your computers. Please, fight back, for our sake, and for the sake of your reputations. –Brian Lam Mac vs PC [Apple via Hickey@Crunchgear] More »
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