New notebook Win7 fun

[Ivan Avery Frey]

On 15/09/12 22:25 , D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> - 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).

A friend of mine bought a Sony Laptop that recommends creating recovery 
media. I hope it doesn't take 6 DVDs. I'm considering looking into the 
WAIK (Windows Automated Install Kit) to see if I can create a "Windows 
Install Partition" on an external drive.

Ivan.
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