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   Lawrence D'Oliveiro stated in post if3msg$tj2$3@lust.ihug.co.nz on 12/24/10   
   8:02 PM:   
      
   > In message <6oadnQVhLvUIhI7QnZ2dnUVZ8nudnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>, Phil Da   
   > Lick! wrote:   
   >   
   >> My current pet hate of microsoft's is their stupid move towards   
   >> insisting that all PCs are supplied with recovery disks/partitions   
   >> rather than install disks.   
   >   
   > Because people were selling off the install discs as though they were extra   
   > copies of Windows.   
   >   
   >> In 99.99999% of cases that recovery disk that came with the PC will also   
   >> include badly written, totally unneccessary shitty apps the OEM rams down   
   >> their customers' throats in exchange for a kickback from the apps   
   >> creators. I've even got two apps on the wife's HP W7 laptop that request   
   >> admin privs every time she logs on. Total ineptitude once again from the   
   >> Beast.   
   >   
   > That¹s an inevitable result of the whole proprietary software model, it¹s   
   > not specifically Microsoft¹s fault.   
   >   
   There is no such BS on OS X.   
      
      
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