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Who Installs the Most Crapware?

Posted by timothy on from the phrase-your-answer-in-klingon dept.

Barence writes "PC Pro has done a thorough test of the software bundled by nine of the leading laptop manufacturers to find out who installs the most crapware on their PCs. Manufacturers such as Acer add as much as two minutes to their boot times by stuffing their machines full of bundled software, with own-brand proprietary software being the worst offender. HP's bundled apps, meanwhile, have a memory footprint of more than 1GB. PC Pro has also reviewed three pieces of software which promise to remove rubbish from your PC — with mixed results."

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  1. Re:Lenovo by jellomizer · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    So you are saying the GIMP is superior to Photoshop. I tend to use Acrobat Reader to read PDFs why... Simple if it doesn't open I can blame the sender. If I use an other company they will have me hunt and peck and eventually reuse Acrobat Reader. It isn't that bad really. No it is not quick and light and snappy but it is usable. The same with Flash, Personally don't use flash in any of my work... But I do like Homestarrunner.com

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  2. Because you forgot to count by ub3r+n3u7r4l1st · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    OS X + everything inside the application folder.

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  3. Re:Even better by idrivetoyota · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    You can remove *all* your crapware just by installing Snow Leopard and logging in as guest!

    Installing Snow Leopard will get crapware on your machine by default.

  4. Re:Link to the latest crapware cleaner by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Well fscktard, don't select it on install. Durrrrr.