Windows 7 boot-up slower than expected?

Tests reveal that new notebooks with Windows 7 boot-up slower than expected. Did you notice your new Windows 7 notebook booting-up a little slower than usual?

Many have been engulfed by the miasma of unnecessary software often found on new computers. It takes some time to cut a new computer's operating system (OS) free of repressive programmes; such as ISP trials, WiFi detection software, antivirus trials, games, photo-editing software, Microsoft Office trials...and so forth. I'm quite aware that I may be evoking some bad memories. If I have, then you have probably experienced the hours of frustration and anxiety that I have; caused by bloatware that just didn't disappear after an apparently successful uninstall attempt.

How can buyers of Windows 7 notebooks avoid the tedium created by unwanted software? For some computer users, the option of wiping clean the hard drive of a new notebook or desktop, and then re-installing the OS, is not feasible. Perhaps the customer is short of time or just doesn't know how to re-install an OS. Instead, one could choose to buy from a notebook manufacturer that regularly curtails its desire to season its notebooks with unsavoury condiments.  Which manufacturers of Windows 7 notebooks can you trust to provide you with the OS you asked for and a minimal amount of infuriating software?

PC Pro recently tested various notebooks from some of the major notebook manufacturers, and discovered that all machines booted slower than expected and suffered a loss in performance, but Asus and Dell were amongst the fastest machines. One of the worst culprits was Sony, as they had managed to inflict an '8% drop in performance' upon their unwitting participant, the VAIO.

Electronista commented on these tests, and stated that in some cases 'third-party utilities and trial apps, preloaded out of the box...consume roughly 1GB more extra active RAM and also rob the system of as much as 2.4GB of space'.

It seems every manufacturer has a reason (I, amongst many others, suspect its financial) to install various amounts of software, aptly entitled 'crapware' by PC Pro, onto their products. The fact that every manufacturer, to a certain degree, participates in this rampant practice, leaves a buyer of a Windows 7 notebook with only two options: learn how to re-install just the OS, or try to uninstall any unwanted software.