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From when I used Samsung Galaxy S[N]; I cannot even imagine the amount of non-removable crapware this laptop will have. If you want to fiddle with Android on a

From when I used Samsung Galaxy S[N]; I cannot even imagine the amount of non-removable crapware this laptop will have. If you want to fiddle with Android on a laptop, try RemixOS; I used it for a while in a virtual machine when my phone broke and it's awesome.

pfg 10y ago
Chromebooks have generally been okay when it comes to bloatware (OEMs seemingly aren't allowed to do more than pre-install easily-removable (Chrome) extensions, and even that doesn't seem to be very common). Maybe that's going to change now that this is closer to an Android device.
flukus 10y ago
What about the google crapware, does it remove that too?
- sowbug 10y ago
  You mean Chrome, a calculator, a camera app, and a file explorer? Those are pretty much the only apps preinstalled on a Chromebook.
  - flukus 10y ago
    I was thinking more of the android ones, gmail, google+, google maps, play music, play movies, play books, play newsstand, play games, google drive, youtube, hangouts, calendar, google docs. All installed and unremoveable on my phone even though mail and maps are the only ones I use.
    - wstrange 10y ago
      From my experience with an Acer R11 chromebook, there are no pre-installed android apps. You have to explicitly install them from the play store. Given that a chromebook has pretty good integration with GSuite apps via the web, I am guessing most folks will not need the android versions.
- NotSammyHagar 10y ago
  There is no crapware. They comes with the google play store, the web browser, file browser. That's about it.
Tobu 10y ago
They mention exactly two third-party apps installed: https://news.samsung.com/us/2017+ces+Samsung+Chromebook+Plus+and+Chromebook+Pro+Samsung+and+Google+Introduce+the+Next+Generation+Chromebook+Designed+for+Google+Play https://news.samsung.com/us/2017+ces+Samsung+Chromebook+Plus...
- franciscop 10y ago
  I can assure you the Galaxy S didn't mention all the preinstalled s* it had.
  - NotSammyHagar 10y ago
    There have already been many samsung chrome books, I was using mine this morning, and it had no crapware.

pfg 10y ago

Chromebooks have generally been okay when it comes to bloatware (OEMs seemingly aren't allowed to do more than pre-install easily-removable (Chrome) extensions, and even that doesn't seem to be very common). Maybe that's going to change now that this is closer to an Android device.

flukus 10y ago

What about the google crapware, does it remove that too?

sowbug 10y ago
You mean Chrome, a calculator, a camera app, and a file explorer? Those are pretty much the only apps preinstalled on a Chromebook.
- flukus 10y ago
  I was thinking more of the android ones, gmail, google+, google maps, play music, play movies, play books, play newsstand, play games, google drive, youtube, hangouts, calendar, google docs. All installed and unremoveable on my phone even though mail and maps are the only ones I use.
  - wstrange 10y ago
    From my experience with an Acer R11 chromebook, there are no pre-installed android apps. You have to explicitly install them from the play store. Given that a chromebook has pretty good integration with GSuite apps via the web, I am guessing most folks will not need the android versions.
NotSammyHagar 10y ago
There is no crapware. They comes with the google play store, the web browser, file browser. That's about it.

Tobu 10y ago

They mention exactly two third-party apps installed: https://news.samsung.com/us/2017+ces+Samsung+Chromebook+Plus+and+Chromebook+Pro+Samsung+and+Google+Introduce+the+Next+Generation+Chromebook+Designed+for+Google+Play https://news.samsung.com/us/2017+ces+Samsung+Chromebook+Plus...

franciscop 10y ago
I can assure you the Galaxy S didn't mention all the preinstalled s* it had.
- NotSammyHagar 10y ago
  There have already been many samsung chrome books, I was using mine this morning, and it had no crapware.