I am not saying it is worth $40 for this service, but I did used to perform this service when I used to work there. (I believe this service was cheaper then too.)
Paying for this service on a brand new computer will most likely not be worth the cost since the computer is not loaded with all the crap that most pc users accumulate over time. Yes, there is a lot of bloatware preloaded, and we would often remove these from startup. Other then that, that's about all we could do on a new pc. So, not really worth it for a new pc. I dont like the results of this test since doing it on a new pc isn't worth it.
When I would do this service on old pcs, most of the time the customer would go home quite happy with their computer. People get so much junk and adware on their computer, it slows it down considerably, and I would do everything I could to remove it.
The service also depends on who performs the service.
A problem we did face is the software we could use to perform the service. For a while we would use adaware, spybot search and destroy, etc. But then we were told we could not use them since they are only free individual consumers, not for corporations. This made it more complicated, since now we then would have to sell the customer software so we could use it to remove the crap on their pc.
The optimization is often used as a way to upsell to a customer other services, ram upgrades, virus software, virus removal, etc.
Often we would tell a customer what to do to do it themselves (download adaware, spybot, etc). However, when so many customers dont know how to even do that, then our service was of a lot of help to them.
Probably for someone that is reads slashdot, you wont need optimization "service" since you're techy enough.
There are so many factors of whether it is worth it or not. So for on a new pc, no. For tech guru, no. For grandma that can barely do the basics, probably yes.
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I am not saying it is worth $40 for this service, but I did used to perform this service when I used to work there. (I believe this service was cheaper then too.) Paying for this service on a brand new computer will most likely not be worth the cost since the computer is not loaded with all the crap that most pc users accumulate over time. Yes, there is a lot of bloatware preloaded, and we would often remove these from startup. Other then that, that's about all we could do on a new pc. So, not really worth it for a new pc. I dont like the results of this test since doing it on a new pc isn't worth it. When I would do this service on old pcs, most of the time the customer would go home quite happy with their computer. People get so much junk and adware on their computer, it slows it down considerably, and I would do everything I could to remove it. The service also depends on who performs the service. A problem we did face is the software we could use to perform the service. For a while we would use adaware, spybot search and destroy, etc. But then we were told we could not use them since they are only free individual consumers, not for corporations. This made it more complicated, since now we then would have to sell the customer software so we could use it to remove the crap on their pc. The optimization is often used as a way to upsell to a customer other services, ram upgrades, virus software, virus removal, etc. Often we would tell a customer what to do to do it themselves (download adaware, spybot, etc). However, when so many customers dont know how to even do that, then our service was of a lot of help to them. Probably for someone that is reads slashdot, you wont need optimization "service" since you're techy enough. There are so many factors of whether it is worth it or not. So for on a new pc, no. For tech guru, no. For grandma that can barely do the basics, probably yes.