VAIO E-Series on Windows 7
I've mentioned before that my Windows 7 installation feels slow and sluggish. Having used Linux on the same box for almost a month now, I was curious enough to check out the slow windows performance this morning.
Firstly, I was shocked that the 130gb partition was almost full. I just had 1 VM on it (XP ironically). This was about 40 gb. Nearly everything else was original Vaio supplied software.
I was shocked at the amount of OEM software on this machine. I was going to blog that I have uninstalled 40 apps already, but its actually more. I have uninstalled about 30 apps already and there's still > 10 left in the control panel add / remove applet. What is truly scary is that this is only software with the word VAIO in the title. This excludes the Mcafee/Symantec/Adobe software which I am also going to remove. With names like "VAIO Content Monitoring Service", I am only too happy to remove these bits of bloat.
I wonder if this software is being provide for my benefit or some nameless content provider.
I wondered why this machine took so long to boot up on Windows compared to Linux. Also it should explain why VM's ran so slowly. Its like taking a thoroughbred horse and making it pull a carraige filled with rocks in a race.
Hopefully once I have done the first batch of my estimate 60 uninstallshield processes, this machine will still boot up!
Firstly, I was shocked that the 130gb partition was almost full. I just had 1 VM on it (XP ironically). This was about 40 gb. Nearly everything else was original Vaio supplied software.
I was shocked at the amount of OEM software on this machine. I was going to blog that I have uninstalled 40 apps already, but its actually more. I have uninstalled about 30 apps already and there's still > 10 left in the control panel add / remove applet. What is truly scary is that this is only software with the word VAIO in the title. This excludes the Mcafee/Symantec/Adobe software which I am also going to remove. With names like "VAIO Content Monitoring Service", I am only too happy to remove these bits of bloat.
I wonder if this software is being provide for my benefit or some nameless content provider.
I wondered why this machine took so long to boot up on Windows compared to Linux. Also it should explain why VM's ran so slowly. Its like taking a thoroughbred horse and making it pull a carraige filled with rocks in a race.
Hopefully once I have done the first batch of my estimate 60 uninstallshield processes, this machine will still boot up!
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