New notebook Win7 fun

[Walter Dnes]

On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:25:25PM -0400, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote
> 
> I paid for it (unwillingly) so I ought to have it.

  Actually, you probably paid less for the machine with Windows, than
you would've with a blank hard drive.  The OEM volume price for Windows
is rather low.  The publishers of the "craplets" that come with the
machine (anti-virus, CD-burner, other trial-ware) pay the OEMs to put
their garbage on your machine.  Apparently, the OEMs get more per
machine than they pay for the Windows licence.

  In a previous life, back when I was still using Windows, I loved
"PC Decrapifier" http://pcdecrapifier.com/ for getting rid of craplets.
It's free for personal use.

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