Subj : Re: Computers
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : Jimmy Anderson
Date : Mon May 05 2025 07:08:00

-=> MIKE POWELL wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

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

 MP> That is one way MS Windows got to be so popular.  Most PC makers pretty
 MP> much had to include it on their machines.

Or else they could't be competitive with their prices. Yep. 


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