Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Windows 8 is not free of crapware manufacturers

Machines with Windows 8 will arrive on October 26.  the latest version of Windows will have that terrible series of applications pre-installed, depending on the manufacturer. The crapware (as it is called) was confirmed by ZDnet in the shop of a large U.S. retailer. You doubt that it will be crapware on Windows computers sold in the country?


At least some notebooks and AIO (all-in-one) of manufacturers Acer and Gateway include some applications that are known to be a pain to uninstall. For example, the Acer site seen by ZDnet 12 includes Nero Essentials. Anyone with any knowledge of computers knows that Windows offers everything from the latest versions integrated software to burn DVDs Plus: who burns DVDs nowadays? Yes, there are people who do it, but I have seen less and less physical media being used.

Anyway, Nero 12 Essentials includes possibly much more than simple applications of DVD recording.

The Gateway notebook spotted by news site includes Gateway Games, a service offered by a third party entitled to 10 game demos, each giving the sixth minute of play. You know those games terrible and impossible to erase the machine after you get tired of annoying popups? I bet that the securities included in the Gateway Games are part of this category.

HSN Shop includes a DVD with more applications for the consumer if you want to install. Thank goodness, because it's up to each to decide whether to put the PC with Windows 8 the perfect wedding planner (seriously).

Computers with Windows 8 were on sale with delivery promised for a few days or a few weeks without the deadline of October 26 determined by Microsoft. The store stopped selling HSN after receiving orders from Acer and Microsoft to meet the release date of the next Windows.

PCs sold in stores Microsoft does not come with crapware - only Windows. The company makes a clean installation on third-party machines provided the consumer tope pay $ 99.