[Solar-general] OT: Te cobramos u$50 extra para no ponerte mierda en la compu.

Sab Mar 22 00:30:07 CET 2008

Sony (y otros!) vende las computadoras llena de bloatware, y
aplicaciones que nadie pidio, demos, trails, asistentes para esto y
aquello, y mucho software preinstalado arriba del Windows. Ahora
venden una opcion de que por 50 dolares te la dan con Windows
"pelado". Esto explica porque varios vendedores que ofrecen pcs sin
windows, lo hacen mas caro que con linux a pesar que el linux no les
cuesta nada y el Windows si. Es que con Windows pueden cargar todas
estas porquerias que varias empresas les pagan por cargar, como AOL y
otros.
Pero cobrar para dar algo con menos cosas es como vender un sandguich
y cobrar mas caro por no ponerle mayonesa :)

Fuente: SJMN, nota (sin los links):

The bane of many a brand-new computer is the steaming pile of crapware
that often comes preloaded -- assorted trial, demo and promo software
that the manufacturer is paid to foist upon hapless buyers. Unless you
go through the tedious drill of removing it bit by bit, it sits around
soaking up disk space, slowing down the machine and generally being a
chronic annoyance. By reputation, one of the worst offenders has been
Sony, and some tech savvy buyers have taken to wiping their new
machines clean on receipt and doing a fresh, clean reload of the
operating system. But being the consumer-sensitive company it is, Sony
decided to start offering its laptops free of the bloatware. A good
idea except for one misstep. Sony initially intended to charge you an
extra $50 to have your machine de-crapified before delivery. In the
custom configuration for one laptop so far, an upgrade option called
Fresh Start is available that will give you the uncluttered machine
you wanted to buy in the first place. Oh, and to even get the option
to pay for Fresh Start, you'd have to upgrade to Vista Business
Edition for $100 more. Reaction across the blogosphere came fast and
hard, justifiably ripping Sony for weaselhood in the first degree --
so fast and hard that Sony immediately reversed itself and declared
that the Fresh Start option would be free, at least for those who opt
for the Vista Business upgrade.

Nice recovery, I suppose, but what were they thinking? Kind of like a
restaurant that says, "All sandwiches include Vegemite, but for an
extra $2, we'll scrape it off."

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