Subj : Re: computers
To   : Malvinas
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Sun May 04 2025 14:08:00

-=> Malvinas wrote to Jimmy Anderson <=-

 JA> Remember bloatware? You'd buy that $300 Packard Bell or HP machine,
 JA> and it woud be preinstalled with a TON of stuff that you had to
 JA> delete to get system space and processing back. I found out that
 JA> the companies PAID to have their stuff installed, and that's how
 JA> they could sell the PC's so cheaply.
 JA>

 Ma> Thing is, you could delete those "tools and utils", and still be able
 Ma> to use the machine. Talk about the OS... what do you do if you wipe out
 Ma> your HD and have no OS to install, to replace it. Having an agreement
 Ma> with the OEMs to have *your* OS pre installed and not let people find
 Ma> whatever OS they'd like... I think it was anything but "nice".

Agreed... At least now there are usually restore files on the hard
drive. :)



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