Comments on: Fresh Start

By: Mike Shoemaker

Mike Shoemaker — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:12:56 +0000

PeeCee’s and crapware have the same relationship as legislation and earmarks. To be fair, Mac’s sometimes do this as well. It’s just easier to whack the app and move on.

By: Jack Frost

Jack Frost — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:05:09 +0000

Seriously?! Is it time to go out and buy a Mac? Need a more phased approach, do what I did, convert those PCs to Linux machines and THEN buy a Mac a few years later.

By: Andy Dolph

Andy Dolph — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:54:27 +0000

I have a tendency to reformat new machines and install a clean copy of windows and just the software I want. I ordered a Dell for my dad probably a year ago, and we specifically chose a machine that had an option like Sony’s “fresh start.” When the machine arrived, it still had stuff on it that I didn’t want. I don’t remember the specifics, but I wasn’t pleased.

By: Atlanta Printing Company

Atlanta Printing Company — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:48:12 +0000

Windows 7 is good to go. I’m glad I upgraded from Vista.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:40:55 +0000

This is kind of why I buy Apple laptops and build my own desktops (I’m really enjoying Windows 7 over Vista!). When I install from discs provided by Apple (recently I upgraded the drive from the stock 160 GB 5200 RPM drive to a 320 GB 7200 RPM drive, nice performance and space bump), it’s nice to not have to worry about spending the next few hours removing bloatware. The saved time is worth the price premium (to me).

By: wcoenen

wcoenen — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:02:12 +0000

There is another problem: they probably won’t consider their *own* software crapware even if you select “fresh start”.

Vista regularly started complaining that it was running low on memory on my Vaio SZ, until I discovered that there was a big memory leak in the useless custom wireless wizard (or manager or toolkit or whatever it was called). I understand that errors happen, but why on earth shovel useless bloated crap on top of a product that works just fine without it? Not what I expected from a pricey laptop.