http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/07/20/why-i-re-install-new-computers/ Geek News Central is the technical site for Geeks. We Spin tech for the common man. With a Family of Tech Shows and Content. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/07/20/why-i-re-install-new-computers/comment-page-1/#comment-4113 John Knights Mon, 21 Jul 2008 19:47:57 +0000 http://www.geeknewscentral.com/2008/07/20/why-i-re-install-new-computers/#comment-4113 Let's not beat about the bush here, when you say "Operating System" Jeffrey you really mean "Windows" and I share the experience when I am setting up other people's machines for them. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> I think the recovery partion is an utter copout and it really bothers me that computer packages have been parred to the bone so much that re-install discs are no longer included and this is a massive setback for the vast majority of home users who have absolutely no idea that they may need to reinstall in the future. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The partition itself is totally unnecessary and I cannot for the life of me understand why vendors choose to do this and deny many people half of the capacity that they paid for as most will want to store their own possessions (files) within the documents folder, not on a separate drive as that is how we did things 10 years ago. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The bloatware itself completely cheapens both Windows and the machine it is installed on and is one big reasons I abandoned Windows machines where possible. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> Default configs suck and again the average joe would not understand (and nor should they have to) that a computer can have two seemingly identical states yet one is far from optimum for battery life etc. <span class="mt-export2wp"></span> The whole experience is just awful. Let’s not beat about the bush here, when you say “Operating System” Jeffrey you really mean “Windows” and I share the experience when I am setting up other people’s machines for them.

I think the recovery partion is an utter copout and it really bothers me that computer packages have been parred to the bone so much that re-install discs are no longer included and this is a massive setback for the vast majority of home users who have absolutely no idea that they may need to reinstall in the future.

The partition itself is totally unnecessary and I cannot for the life of me understand why vendors choose to do this and deny many people half of the capacity that they paid for as most will want to store their own possessions (files) within the documents folder, not on a separate drive as that is how we did things 10 years ago.

The bloatware itself completely cheapens both Windows and the machine it is installed on and is one big reasons I abandoned Windows machines where possible.

Default configs suck and again the average joe would not understand (and nor should they have to) that a computer can have two seemingly identical states yet one is far from optimum for battery life etc.

The whole experience is just awful.

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