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Can I pay Dell for the service of NOT installing McAffee?

• millerm 13y ago
  Bazinga!
• superuser2 13y ago
  Yes, buy enterprise-class hardware (Latitude, etc.) instead of the consumer brands (Inspiron, etc.) Dell also has a program for large enough IT departments where they'll use a buyer-provided disk image at the factory so machines can be deployed right out of the box.
  • qq66 13y ago
    That service helped me once. I broke my laptop and HP shipped me an imaged machine overnight with my employer's image on it so I only lost one day.
• craigching 13y ago
  Why stop there? How about paying them not to install Windows, or any OS for that matter?
• ne0codex 13y ago
  Not Dell, but the retail store where you got it. Most (Wal-Mart, OfficeMax/Depot, Best Buy) have their "Service plans" which is pretty much paying to get rid of misc software. Retailers gotta love that extra profit while the employees get a nice SPIF.
  • jbigelow76 13y ago
    When it comes to McAffee and Symantec I don't trust a regular uninstall. Until I do a clean install of the OS the machine is forever unclean (any fans of "The League" out there?)