Dell lets users avoid ‘bloatware’
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Dell is allowing its customers to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs, after hundreds of users complained about such “bloatware” on a company blog.
“Would love the ability to have a clean Vista install. No AOL software, no EarthLink software, no Google software — just a clean, original OS,” said someone writing under the name “ootleman” in a Feb. 16 posting that has since received thousands of votes on Dell’s site. That post helped start the idea for Dell to give users more control, since it has remained one of the most popular ideas on the company’s IdeaStorm Web site since being posted on the blog’s first day, Pearcy said.
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