Comments on: New computer, old software

New computers come with old, dangerously buggy, software.

[smtnag]

I'm sorry but I can't agree with this guy. I bought an XP Media Center PC from DELL, a very well respected company in the PC market, and I didn't have any software offers or useless programs. It also came SP2 ready with all of the updates up to that point. Maybe this guy should try and buy a computer from a good company instead of Lenovo.

[tedbissell]

I totally agree with Michael...but the reason for this is obvious! Since the off-shoring of software development to India and other countries began several years ago; quality in the product produced has decreased to the extent that now exists. It has nothing to do with Lenovo (an excellent effort to produce a quality product from IBM); or attempts by DELL, and other hardware manufacturers to provide products that meet the needs of the consumer. A bunch of hacks in the field has reduced the software that is installed commonly on a new computer to the joke that now passes for state-of -the-art. I have no grief that Microsoft and other companies (Corel, Adobe, et. al.) sought new talent. The real problem is that they were looking for love in all the wrong places. The problems with current software installs and updates result from the ignorance of trying to make money at the expense of brown, fat, short, stupid attempts to bring enlightenment to people who like XP Media Center PCs from DELL; and use their experience as an excuse to not contribute.

[oldsoftwareoldcomputer]

cant you just
apt-get update && apt-get upgrade

[mhinnewyork]

Anyone who thinks Dell is a good company isn't paying attention. See my gripes http://computergripes.com/Dell.html
and those of others http://computergripes.blogspot.com/2007/03/dell-gripes-2007.html#comments

This was not meant as a knock on Lenovo. All new computers come with old software, this was meant to illustrate just how old the software is and how dangerous it can be.

The real problem is the lack of co-operation, that there isn't a single way to get updates to ALL the installed software. Such things exist with other operating systems, but not with Windows.

[justdenny]

@smtnag

if you bought a new PC from Dell, and didn't find any software that you consider useless, you probably shouldn't be reading this blog..