New notebook Win7 fun
D. Hugh Redelmeier
hugh-pmF8o41NoarQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org
Sun Sep 16 02:25:25 UTC 2012
- I must agree to 2 EULAs, one for Win7, one for Bing Bar. Otherwise I'm
stuck forever in the consent screen (of course I could just boot Linux)
- the first says if I don't agree, I must talk to manufacturer about their
refund policy. Asus support manager say they do not have one and says
it's up to the retailer. So they don't even follow the EULA, why should
I?
Once Windows gets over its "preparing desktop" stage, I get asked a buch
of crapware questions (register some PDF reader, register Trendnet
security).
It also prompts me to make a Win7 backup (restore disks?). Turns out that
that is 6 blank DVDs. 24 minutes into this process and nothing has been
burned so far. This could easily take longer than installing Linux. And
just think, in a month, I could get to do the same with Win8 (for ~$15).
Why do I bother? Several bad reasons: maybe I'll need it; Asus only
supportw Win7 so I might need it to get warranty support; I paid for it
(unwillingly) so I ought to have it.
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