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Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better [Bloatware]
gizmodo.com - 27 days ago
Acer's Bloatware Adds 2+ Minutes to Boot Time, HP, Dell and Sony Not Much Better [Bloatware]
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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. Bloatware, the crap software that manufacturers pre-install on their computers that include ...
Microsoft Store PC’s won’t have bloatware
crunchgear.com - 29 days ago
Microsoft Store PC’s won’t have bloatware
— crunchgear.com — In an ironic twist, it’s coming to light that computers purchased from the Microsoft retail stores will... not contain the ‘trialware’ that was typically included in new PC’s. This answers one of the criticisms that Apple users ... (more) Microsoft Store PC’s won’t have bloatware

Comments vote down Gizmodo found this 29 days agofound this
PC’s Purchased From Microsoft Stores To be Bloatware-Free
ohgizmo.com - 27 days ago
PC’s Purchased From Microsoft Stores To be Bloatware-Free
— ohgizmo.com — Microsoft By Chris Scott Barr Whenever you purchase a new PC, one tends to notice all of... the extra software that comes with it. If you ask the manufacturer, they’ll tell you that they’ve done you a favor by providing lots of “useful” ... (more) PC’s Purchased From Microsoft Stores To be Bloatware-Free

Comments vote down Consumerist found this 27 days agofound this

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The UberReview:  Boot-time +2min: Acer, Sony and HP Worst Laptops For Bloatware

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Boot-time +2min: Acer, Sony and HP Worst Laptops For Bloatware
The UberReview — ... added weight that it puts on your system. The RAM use can be worked around, and space can be freed up via task manager, but two minutes is a significant increase to boot time and the only way to fix that is to hunt out all of the bloat and kill it. Or, if you want to save yourself the effort, just give your system a fresh install as soon as you get it home. That or you could get a Mac, which booted in 49-sec and, according to PC Pro, had virtually no bloat. [PC Pro via Gizmodo] [Gizmodo] ...

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Microsoft Stores To Sell Bloatware-Free PCs [PCs] — Consumerist
If you hate buying a new PC that's riddled with bloatware, you may want to pay a Microsoft Store a visit on your next computer shopping trip. They plan on selling PCs free of any third-party trial applications, reports OhGizmo. That's of course nothing to say for first-party software, as they ...
Microsoft Store PC’s won’t have bloatware — CrunchGear
In an ironic twist, it’s coming to light that computers purchased from the Microsoft retail stores will not contain the ‘trialware’ that was typically included in new PC’s. This answers one of the criticisms that Apple users typically had about new PC’s. This has ...
Microsoft Shows Off New Bloatware-Free PCs — ChannelWeb Complete Feed
Bloatware, or pre-installed software trials that ship with most new PCs, could soon become a thing of the past if Microsoft has any say in the matter.