Friday, March 21, 2008 |
07:52 - Protection money
http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/21/sony-hates-you-offers-50-fresh-start-option-to-bu
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Mark sends this story of Sony's latest innovation: a price tag on crapware infestations.
Sony has quite the history of crippling excellent, beautiful hardware with horrible, useless software. The company's UX UMPC bluescreened on us the first time we turned it on, and crashed the first time we tried to shut it down thanks to all the bloatware on it, while a Laptop Mag review says their Vaio TZ ran "as if it were broken" before they managed to wipe it clean. Lucky for us, it appears Sony is finally seeing the error of its ways, but instead of removing the crapware altogether, Sony has the nerve to offer a $50 "Fresh Start" option, which "scrubs" the machine clean before shipping it your way.
Mark's idea: "I think it's time to start adding another $50 to the PC cost in every MacBook/PC Laptop comparison that involves price."
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