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Google software on your Dell?

post #1 of 17
2/8/06 at 11:11am
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Good news for us or just more bloatware to get rid of?

http://www.betanews.com/article/WSJ_...act/1139353066

"According to the Wall Street Journal, quoting sources close to the matter, Google would pay Dell $1 billion over three years for the rights to place its software as the default applications on new Dell computers."
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post #2 of 17
2/8/06 at 11:27am
ok, That would just PISS ME OFF! The Google CRAP PAK is just that... CRAP. only one good app in it (picasa) and that wont even be needed when Vista hits. Whats the point? I am sick of all the googe this google that. all the Crapware that Dell forces on us is bad enough. I think Dell should make Google pay 3 times that amount to harass us!
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post #3 of 17
2/8/06 at 12:17pm
They started to put this crap last week. My friend's 9300 came with it last friday. Very easy to uninstall. The google software just replaced so Dell crap that was on my computer. Crap in-Crap out.
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post #4 of 17
2/8/06 at 12:38pm
my 9300 came with a bunch of google stuff

dont get me wrong I like google.com and gmail but thats about it
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post #5 of 17
2/8/06 at 2:17pm
Whatever. I'll still just reformat after getting a new system so no biggie.
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post #6 of 17
2/8/06 at 2:31pm
wow 1 billion, who could refuse that? yum yum
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post #7 of 17
2/9/06 at 1:00am
Google's getting overextended. I only use their search. No need for anything else.
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post #8 of 17
2/9/06 at 1:03am
Yeah, it was on the I6000 I got today,
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post #9 of 17
2/9/06 at 1:07am
Quote:
Originally Posted by airic82
Google's getting overextended. I only use their search. No need for anything else.
I use gmail, and it's pretty nice. That's it though.
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post #10 of 17
2/9/06 at 7:06pm
I purchased an I6000 in late December and it came with Google Toolbar and desktop search pre-installed. The default home page for IE was googe.com/dell something or other.

Matt
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post #11 of 17
2/9/06 at 11:08pm
Google Earth is fun. Google is fun. Gmail is fun.

All that other google crap is crap. And its amazing how quickly they're pumping it out.
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post #12 of 17
2/10/06 at 3:44am
Ordered my 9300 mid December and it came with google crap.
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post #13 of 17
2/10/06 at 4:25am
and best of all, all of Google's stuff is BETA Just think if Microsoft put BETA on everything who would need updates! lol
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post #14 of 17
2/10/06 at 11:55am
Microsfot does have BETA working stuff... just look at their Live.com areas there google earth replica is a beta...

bandwagon buzzword now Beta this Beta that!
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post #15 of 17
2/10/06 at 12:26pm
I always reinstall the OS on any Dell Machine to get rid of the crap. Makes the PC/laptop run better. Less blot when you start from Scratch.
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post #16 of 17
2/11/06 at 2:58am
booooo google.

http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_02.php#004400
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post #17 of 17
2/11/06 at 4:23am
I had to uninstall that to install some program, and it's not like I was gonna use it anyways. If I wanted to do a Google search, I would press Ctrl+Alt+M and type my subject in the Google search bar.
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