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    What Crapware Ships with New Win 7 HP Laptops?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by halhaqir, Oct 29, 2009.

  1. halhaqir

    halhaqir Notebook Enthusiast

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    Can anyone who has a new HP laptop that shipped with Win7 let us know what crapware the system is shipped with? How does this list compare to a Vista HP laptop?
    Thanks
     
    halhaqir, Oct 29, 2009
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    Lithus NBR Janitor

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    It's the same stuff. All the bloatware that works on Vista works on 7 too, just like pretty much every program.
     
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    Bloatware slows down your machine...doesn't take a scientific study to find that one out.
     
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    programs that are not started loaded do nothing to your machine.
     
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    halhaqir, Nov 1, 2009
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    Apparently MS is going to put their own software on these machines, so it won't be completely bloat free, but it will be significantly better.

    I'm pretty sure we've established this fact. Did you know - the sky is blue and grass is green.
     
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    I was referring to newsposter's quote that seemed to indicate that the crapware does not start be default. I don't think I agree.


     
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    He's not saying that all bloatware doesn't run at bootup. He's saying that some bloatware doesn't start at bootup, and these programs do not affect the computer, which is true.
     
    Lithus, Nov 1, 2009
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