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Villain · 08-03-05, 03:53 PM

You're not really looking for defaults, you're looking for customizations that others may not want. Personally, I think everything except the core of the OS and a way to add to that should be left off of PC's and PPC's.

Why wouldn't you want stuff? because it adds things that 99% of the population will not use. I can honestly say that I have never used CD burning on my laptop, as I don't have a burner in it, yet it's there. I have never used Pocket Excel, as I don't do much in Excel. I have used Pocket Word, though, and find it to be more lacking than anything else on the PPC. I would rather see MS slim it down, and maybe even *gasp* give us the opportunity to remove things we don't want.

You can remove MineSweeper, Freecel, etc. from a desktop, how come I can't remove Jawbreaker or Solitare from my PPC? Do you think that most people know what Terminal Services Client is used for? Probably not, so why give it to them.

Instead, they should cut the stuff out that is hardly used, and make all that's included now available via CD or download from the net. That makes more sense than including 500 things in an OS that aren't needed by the majority of people that use it.

08-03-05, 03:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
Villain Aximsite Minor League Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 196 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	You're not really looking for defaults, you're looking for customizations that others may not want. Personally, I think everything except the core of the OS and a way to add to that should be left off of PC's and PPC's. Why wouldn't you want stuff? because it adds things that 99% of the population will not use. I can honestly say that I have never used CD burning on my laptop, as I don't have a burner in it, yet it's there. I have never used Pocket Excel, as I don't do much in Excel. I have used Pocket Word, though, and find it to be more lacking than anything else on the PPC. I would rather see MS slim it down, and maybe even gasp give us the opportunity to remove things we don't want. You can remove MineSweeper, Freecel, etc. from a desktop, how come I can't remove Jawbreaker or Solitare from my PPC? Do you think that most people know what Terminal Services Client is used for? Probably not, so why give it to them. Instead, they should cut the stuff out that is hardly used, and make all that's included now available via CD or download from the net. That makes more sense than including 500 things in an OS that aren't needed by the majority of people that use it.