Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 12:58 PM EST |
http://www.extremetech.com/computing/141540-windows-8s-premature-death-courtesy-
of-crapware-and-its-all-our-fault
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 01:05 PM EST |
I don't view it as my fault that Windows is bloat-ware loaded down with tons
of software I don't want! I got off that train over a decade ago.
I
would like to view it as my fault though if Windows goes out of business due to
more and more people (of which I am just one) moving away from them :)
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 01:16 PM EST |
There's so much of MS history he overlooks as a factor in the picture that I
wonder if this isn't a paid article preparing consumers for an increase in MS
prices.
For example, he talks of bloatware, but ignores Win8 (and nothing
else) on a phone consumes an insane amount of disk space.
He talks about
the pressures consumers had for cheap PCs but ignores MS' early deals with OEM's
where the OEM's had to pay MS for a license even if a computer was sold without
MS installed.... conveniently forgetting MS' own pressures causing OEM's to
acquire income from other sources.
Granted: he does have some negative
things to say about MS:
If you look at the big picture, though, it’s
impossible to not laugh at the irony of Microsoft selling Windows licenses to
OEMs, and then collecting $100 from you to remove the junk.
...
or at least, some things that could be negative depending on your point of
view.
But I do wonder if we should expect a markup in the cost of MS
devices while MS blames consumers for the extra cost.
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Authored by: cjk fossman on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 01:17 PM EST |
He wrote this:
Even though Windows 7, in its base state, is
faster and more
stable than OS X ...
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Authored by: Gringo_ on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 04:34 PM EST |
From the Fine Article...
The even bigger picture, though,
is that
Microsoft is trying to lead by example with its own Surface
tablets,
which — like Apple devices — are completely devoid
of
cruft.
Hardly free of cruft, when MS apps present
ads!
This article is nonsense. I doubt very much Microsoft
ever cared
what the OEMs loaded on the PCs they sold, as
long as they got their license
fees. If loading the systems
with junk software helped the OEM subsidize the
cost of the
license, so be it. Microsoft always took the position that
they
had a captive market who would put up with anything,
including a bloated OS to
begin with. Now that they are
trying to compete in new markets directly, it is
a different
story. They want to distinguish themselves from the
competition -
the very same OEMs selling WIndows systems
with bloatware, as part of their
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Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 27 2012 @ 05:09 PM EST |
Interesting graphic shows that the PC started its downwards slide when the
iPhone started selling, and accelerated down at Android introduction
semiaccurate.com
No more socket PC cpus from Intel (warning
Google translate, Japanese readers can find the url at top of page)
pcwatch.co.jp
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