[BC] Comparing computers & parts

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I don't buy that many PCs, but when I have bought home machines (say,  
HP Pavilion) they come with all the demo stuff you have to remove,  
but the business machines (say, HP Vectra) came with the OS only.  In  
fact, I had such good luck with Vectra machines I bought a HP for my  
home.  I retuned the Pavilion.  One funny thing was when one of the  
installers came in to install a half dozen Vectra machines one was  
MINE.  He opened the case, stripped out all the finger stock and  
proceeded to install more memory.  I inquired about the finger stock  
in my trash can.  He said that it just got in the way.  He ended up  
fishing every piece of it out of all six trash cans and reinstalling it.

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> From: "Sid Schweiger" <sid at wrko.com>
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>>> [...]
>
>>> 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.