1) Crapware makers pay PC makers to pre-load their crapware<br/>
2) PC makers use (some of) the money to reduce their selling price<br/>
3) Best Buy removes (some of) the crapware and increases the price again
Why not just sell a computer with a clean OS? Why on earth should a brand new machine need work?
I'm not knocking your services, thaumaturgy, just saying it shouldn't be necessary to optimize a new machine.
Well how do you expect them to lure you into the store in the first place if they have higher prices than their competitors? Everyone in the article seemed to be going after advertised specials.
People are generally willing to momentarily overlook long term pain for short term gain.
not trying to ignite yet another tiring round of the age-old mac-versus-pc debate (really!), but it's only fair to point out that macs do come with a 'clean os'. no trialware, spyware, or junky oem apps or drivers, ever.
1) Crapware makers pay PC makers to pre-load their crapware<br/> 2) PC makers use (some of) the money to reduce their selling price<br/> 3) Best Buy removes (some of) the crapware and increases the price again
Why not just sell a computer with a clean OS? Why on earth should a brand new machine need work?
I'm not knocking your services, thaumaturgy, just saying it shouldn't be necessary to optimize a new machine.