__/ [ B Gruff ] on Friday 07 July 2006 19:15 \__
> On Friday 07 July 2006 18:56 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> Does it truly recommend Windows XP after pointing out all the facts above?
>> Moreover, does it make the connection between junk E-mail and malware, or
>> even Windows as a whole? I guess they ought to do some (re-)thinking.
>>
>> Dell also recommended Intel, based on that dominance. Until recently. Is
>> Dell confused? Or are such recommendations paid for?
>
> It's true, I tell you.
> They "Recommend Windows XP" right at the top of the page, then what I
> quoted afterwards is what you see as you get down towards the bottom of the
> same page, where they let you configure your order to include anti-malware.
> Try it on a Dell UK desktop page
Evidently, the package does not come complete then. Either they try to scare
you, thereby urging to buy something (which I wish I could say the customer
does not need), or they are simply dishonest. Ironically, Dell ships spyware
preinstalled with their machines. And here they are offering some remedy for
the same problem they introduce. It's like the Microsoft OneCare dilemma.
Ship a broken O/S and then charge people annually to have it fixed.
The world is mad.
Best wishes,
Roy
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