[BC] Comparing computers & parts

[Sid Schweiger]

>>I will never buy another WD drive, again. My experiences have been
like 
yours... "horrible" deaths.<<

Nor will I.  For being the company which invented most of the standards
for hard-drive construction, firmware and interfaces, they've gotten
awfully lax lately.

>>The other problem is all of the *crapware* that they load them up
with! *Worthless* software "demos" and other assorted junk that just
wastes drive space, and clutters the Registry, hampering performance.
(Don't even get me started on those machines that take 5 minutes to
boot, and have a dozen little icons in the system tray!)<<

We've had no trouble buying recent vintage HP boxes from CDW that come
with nothing on them but an OS...although I have noted that the last
batch we got came with Google Toolbar pre-installed, and as someone who
is trying to teach people to avoid toolbars (nearly all of them are
actually spyware), it bugs me that I have to make an effort to remove
it.



Sid Schweiger
IT Manager, Entercom New England
WAAF - WEEI AM/FM - WKAF
WMKK - WRKO - WVEI AM/FM
20 Guest St / 3d Floor
Boston MA  02135-2040
Phone: 617-779-5369
Fax: 617-779-5379
E-Mail: sid at wrko.com