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

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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