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Exclude Crapware as an Option (AOL, Works, Semantic, etc)

591 points posted to Sales Strategies, Software by maruser 02/20/07

As an IT professional who lives on DELL products, I spend more time uninstalling Crapware (AOL, Works, Semnatic) than installing the software that I actually need. What a waste.

It would be great if customers are given the option to Crapware or not.
Most will opt not to have i.

This should be an all or nothing on the Crapware.

richderuiter
02/20/07		 I agree whole-heartedly! Please, please, please. Allow us to exclude any software. I don't need/want either AOL or Earthlink, Macaffee or Symantek, Even on a home network with only two other computers, and a single router, I've got to uninstall this stuff (especially the firewalls - don't work with my routers built-in firewall) before I can connect. I've got my internet security suite. I don't need/want another one at the cost of trying to get it off my brand-new computer!
vfun
03/30/07		 The problem is that one person's crapware is another person's important feature.

While you might want windows straight out of the box; most end users want their DVD player to be able to watch DVDs and their computers to be able to access their SATA drives -- neither of which works on a straight Windows install without third party software.

Also, All this pre-installed software is paid for and subsidizes the cost of the hardware. I hope Dell keeps going with whomever pays them the most to keep the system costs as low as possible.
 
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