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  • Mike Godfrey · 1 year ago
    As bogus as it sounds, I think I remember reading somewhere a while ago (this blog?) about kcomputer companies piling on crapware as a means of cutting the final retail cost. A sort of advertising thing, where companies pay to have thier demos distributed. I'm not sure how true it is, but I don't mind deleting a a bunch of demos if it means a cheaper laptop.
  • Evan Ackerman · 1 year ago
    Mike: You're right, of course... If I recall correctly, Dell thinks it drops the cost of each computer by $60 or less. But I just find it amazing that Sony has completely dropped the pretense that this stuff is at all beneficial, and is admitting that they're deliberately crippling your computer in order to make money.
  • nar · 1 year ago
    I agree with Mike Godfrey. It is easy to install an app like Spybot and cleanup all that stuff. I bought a vio last week, and it did have add-ware on it, but I got it for only $850. It is a great laptop. I had 2 HP laptops, and needed something more reliable. The HP laptops also had a lot of add-ware on them when they were new.
  • doug · 1 year ago
    I just a bought a mac and it had none of that crap.
    It just works.
  • Andrew · 1 year ago
    I read about this on Team Stealth a week ago.... http://teamstealthonline.com/blog/archives/107
    The worse thing is that if you don't take the option, they still charge you $20 for the VAIO apps that are included.
  • Evan Ackerman · 1 year ago
    Updated.... A victory for the people!
  • Anonymous · 1 year ago
    Yeah, but you still have to buy Vista. :p
  • berliner77 · 1 year ago
    After this offer price for tz2000 started to fall. i've manually scanned, there is a £500 gap now between some online laptop sellers: http://smart-parts.net/blog/?p=266