Dell gives up crapware

[iMav]

well it looks like dell has finally realized its sh!t .... and cleaned it

Dell Eliminates Almost All Crapware From Dimension and Inspiron Notebooks (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/computers/dell-eliminates-almost-all-crapware-from-dimension-and-inspiron-notebooks-303043.php)

Dell (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/dell/)'s expanding their no crapware (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/crapware/) option from their high-end XPS systems (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/software/dell-kills-crapwarealmost-272131.php) to their entire Dimension (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/dimension/) desktop and Inspiron (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/inspiron/) notebook line; meaning you're going to get the option at purchase time to opt-out of pre-installed trialware and shareware (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/shareware/) that slows down your computer considerably even when it's brand new. The one caveat is that these computers (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/computers/) aren't entirely trialware free—it still has antivirus, Adobe Acrobat Reader and Google Tools left behind.Dell's reasoning (http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/06/18/18049.aspx) is this: most people want anti-virus built in, Acrobat Reader doesn't count as trialware (it's free), and Google tools is fine because it's from Google. You do have the option of declining the EULA for the antivirus on first boot to have it automatically uninstall, and Acrobat and Google Tools can be removed using Dell's new uninstall utility.

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/computers/dell-eliminates-almost-all-crapware-from-dimension-and-inspiron-notebooks-303043.php

[infra_red_dude]

thats a welcome move but what else crap did these notebooks come with???!!!

[ax3]

great move indeed ........

[casanova]

Rather than giving it preinstalled, they should give installation disks. But good move.

[ThinkFree]

thats a welcome move but what else crap did these notebooks come with???!!!

Crap- Softwares that you don't want to use at all given just because the manufacturer is paid money by lesser known software companies to install their software on systems which come preinstalled with os

[[xubz]]

Nice! Thats a Welcome move! No more wasting time uninstalling/cleaning everything on a newly bought laptop! :)

Hope the 'uninstaller' works correctly

[Ankur Gupta]

thats a welcome move but what else crap did these notebooks come with???!!!

Hell lotta other utilities like imaging softwares,webcam software,trial office suite and so many other trial softwares...

[alsiladka]

Excellent. Even in the available options, they should allow you to choose the preinstalled software. I would any day prefer a trial of Kaspersky rather than the crappy Norton.

[infra_red_dude]

Hell lotta other utilities like imaging softwares,webcam software,trial office suite and so many other trial softwares...
webcam software is not crapware. its a really good one. i haf never seen a trial version of any office suite bundled wid any dell (but then it mebbe just me). all i used to see was the crap internet security/adobe reader and thats it (at least thats what was bundled wid 2 dells i've seen: 6000 and 1420).

[kumarmohit]

This is why I never purchase comp with preinstalled OS. Just too much of crapware

[hailgautam]

everyone should follow the suite. The greatest crap will all the notebooks is the Norton Antivirus. The situation is even worse with vista coz it does not even allow you to uninstall the application.

[Ankur Gupta]

webcam software is not crapware. its a really good one. i haf never seen a trial version of any office suite bundled wid any dell (but then it mebbe just me). all i used to see was the crap internet security/adobe reader and thats it (at least thats what was bundled wid 2 dells i've seen: 6000 and 1420).

Comon we are not talking about good or bad..we are talking about softwares that come prebundled with the OS...they might be good or bad...
You might the get the trial version of your fav AV but still it will be considered crapware...wont it be?

[anandk]

GREAT news :D Thanx!

PS : Defn of crapware is relative; so what could be useful to one could be a craplet to another ;-)

[infra_red_dude]

Comon we are not talking about good or bad..we are talking about softwares that come prebundled with the OS...they might be good or bad...
You might the get the trial version of your fav AV but still it will be considered crapware...wont it be? yaar, i was talking about webcam software. if its not bundled wid the system then how can anyone use the cam widout loggin onto the net and downloading one? yeah other things sure are crapware. i consider webcam software an integral part of the system. its more or less in the same category as drivers. you can download better ones later, as you do wid the drivers. thats it :)

[Ankur Gupta]

^^Then you might as well say that trial DVD writing software is an integral part of the system too...
Well m not fighting...Just saying that anything else installed besides the OS is crapware...
Anyway Back to topic...Good move...hope others follow suits..
Indian customers would have been much happier with price reduction than crap reduction :D

[infra_red_dude]

offtopic: nahi yaar. the webcam software is not trial version. i'm talking about these kindsa software: webcam software, dell mobility center, roxio burning suite etc. these are not trial.

cheers :)

[Ankur Gupta]

^^Ahh...Forget it...
Fighting over nothing...

[Kiran_tech_mania]

Crapware is present in almost all popular branded PC & Notebooks. Many are stupid game demos and softwares like Norton Antivirus. Just uninstall them and gain loads of disk space.

[gary4gar]

Crapware is present in almost all popular branded PC & Notebooks. Many are stupid game demos and softwares like Norton Antivirus. Just uninstall them and gain loads of disk space.
yep true..also lenovo don't allow you have multiple partions, its just one hidden partion & a big partion:(