Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface than ever before

Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by UK-AL on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:17AM (#13159148)

"OS decides to install Candy Crush and other games I never asked for. Unacceptable. " - I would like more details on this. I don't think I've heard of that before?

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by shimo5037 on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:30AM (#13159274)

Not sure if you're being sarcastic (there's the non-Nexus Android experience after all), but I did a fresh install of Windows 10 Pro on my gaming machine a while ago. Full retail license and an official .iso downloaded from Microsoft. There's barely anything installed on that machine, however I was also surprised to find Candy Crush in my start menu after a while. It's probably just a shortcut to the store, but it does look quite a bit like it's already installed.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by bwat48 on Monday December 12, 2016 @01:21PM (#13160360)

by default windows 10 will show you 'suggested' apps in your start menu programs list. This can be disabled in the settings (just open settings and search for suggestions)

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by Aldo_MX on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:25AM (#13159233)

It does happen after an upgrade (ex. the anniversary update).

Although it does not install Candy Crush, just a stub to install it, anyway, it is certainly unappealing.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by UK-AL on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:30AM (#13159275)

Showing a featured app on the windows store tile != Installing an app.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by Aldo_MX on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:35AM (#13159330)

It is certainly not "the" Windows Store Tile, they're annoying stubs like the "Get Office" one.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7b/Windows_10_bu...

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by criddell on Monday December 12, 2016 @11:42AM (#13159393)

The OS puts Candy Crush in your menu and it's installed on demand. So to users it will seem like it's always been installed.

All the pre-installed software is my big pet peeve for Windows 10. I don't want weather, or contacts, or xbox, or 3d builder, or email, or alarms, or skype, or office, or calendar, or groove, or money, or news, etc... I've deleted them and they just come back because of some provisioning setting.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by mark_l_watson on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:31PM (#13159881)

Buy a signature edition laptop directly from the microsoft store, then you will not et any crap-ware.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by criddell on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:35PM (#13159916)

Things like Candy Crush, Skype, and Office aren't the full installs but instead are stubs that install the applications on first run. Even if you buy a retail copy of Windows 10, that junk is still in there.

A signature edition makes sure that the only crapware is stuff that Microsoft installed.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by lmm on Monday December 12, 2016 @12:48PM (#13160023)

This isn't true. You get Candy Crush. That's the whole problem.

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Re:Microsoft: more people are switching from Macs to Surface... by mark_l_watson on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @07:41AM (#13166336)

OK, then Microsoft changed what gets installed. A year ago when I bought a signature laptop, no junk was pre-installed, IIRC

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