Subj : Re: Computers To : JIMMY ANDERSON From : MIKE POWELL Date : Sun May 04 2025 08:44:00 ³ Remember bloatware? You'd buy that $300 Packard Bell or HP machine, ³ and it woud be preinstalled with a TON of stuff that you had to ³ delete to get system space and processing back. I found out that ³ the companies PAID to have their stuff installed, and that's how ³ they could sell the PC's so cheaply. ÀÄ[JA=>M] That is one way MS Windows got to be so popular. Most PC makers pretty much had to include it on their machines. Mike ##Mmr 2.61á. !link JA 5-03-25 23:54 --- þ BgNet 1.0á12 ÷ moe's tavern * 1-502-875-8938 * moetiki.ddns.net:27 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (21:1/175) .