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This seems like it would be a good time for OEMs to start breaking the hard link to Microsoft products, like bundling the installation media and not pre-install
by flatline 17y ago
This seems like it would be a good time for OEMs to start breaking the hard link to Microsoft products, like bundling the installation media and not pre-installing it, for starters. They could even go one further and not pre-install all the other crap that typically comes on a new PC, problem solved...
- sgk284 17y agoIs this just an anti-microsoft rant? I don't see your justification. OEMs update the software that they ship all of the time. Microsoft products (i.e. Office, Windows, etc...) are typically the things consumers want, not bonzai buddy or whatever other spyware they put on the machines. I don't see what the latter have to do with the former. Pre-loading wanted software is a nice convenience, if you don't want that then order the machine with FreeDOS as your OS instead (I know at a minimum that Dell offers this).
- rbanffy 17y agoI prefer my computers to be as Microsoft-free as possible, but mostly on the software side. Their keyboards and mice are outstanding. As for software, there is no need to chose between Windows and FreeDOS. You know, OpenSolaris, BSD and Linux are all fine options (and I regard them as much better choices than Windows)
- likpok 17y agoThey install the various crap on machines because it 1) gives them revenue 2) allows them to differentiate They probably will not stop doing this, as it's not like Microsoft is forcing them to.