Laptops......
- Thread starter Tommy Boy
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Oh, haha. For sure. A lot of companies do that though. I know a couple don't (IBM maybe?), but most (like HP, Sony, Dell) put tons of crap. It's such a big pain to uninstall all that junk.
borat_sagdiyev
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toshiba doesnt put -any- bloatware on 
except for like 1 dvd playing program
except for like 1 dvd playing programI don't believe HP puts crap, maybe it does. I know Acer has bloatware such as a Trial 60-day for Norton Internet Security. It also uses the Empoering Technology software, but that's actually useful in a way.
Sony's full of it. Dell is the same.
compguy91
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HP is sort of bad with bloatware but it's not hard to get rid of it. Dell is by far the worst with bloatware. When I first booted mine up it was filled with it, I had offers from AOL, net zero, earthlink, juno as well as free mcafee for 60 days (nuked that real quick!), and tons of useless stuff on there that I never needed. Come to think of it I haven't known anyone to keep all the bloatware that came with their computers.
Computer Head
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I do the same thing. I won't buy a prebuilt unless it comes with the full operating system disc (and I don't mean some wimpy system restore disc).
I was browsing around earlier and was looking at these two laptops at best buy, what do you guys think?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8533991&type=product&id=1186008219932
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...Id=abcat0502003&type=product&id=1188560179430
Which do you think is better? Is the first one worth the price increase?
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8533991&type=product&id=1186008219932
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...Id=abcat0502003&type=product&id=1188560179430
Which do you think is better? Is the first one worth the price increase?
