Writing about the increased compute capabilities, decreased power usage, longer battery life and lighter weight of this generation of laptops is fun, but I am not having fun with the software on these units.
Fortunately, most enterprise users get a laptop imaged with the corporate operating system and applications. But I get these units as they are sent from the vendors. From the moment you turn them on, it's like being assaulted by a box of wolf pups.
The "of course, you should install me" presentation of these software add-ons is exceeded only by their aggressive resource-hogging. If the default vendor options were all selected, most PC laptops would have a good case of bit rot (slowness caused by excessive, sloppy software installations) before the user even connected to the Internet.
The last time you started up a new computer, it probably went something like this: Would you like to help us improve the experience? Would you like to spend the next two hours configuring your browser, or do you give in now and accept all of our Microsoft accelerators? Would you like an extended warranty? Can I search your house for every music, video and picture file, and copy them here?
Most corporate users don't experience the ferocious marketing assault seen by consumer tech users. So it's no wonder that most consumers have no idea what to say yes to when they buy a new computer.
- Cameron Sturdevant
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