[Swordmaker]

Macs still boot faster than Windows 7... especially if Windows 7 is loaded down with Crapware PING!

Mac Snow Leopard v. Windows 7 Ping!

If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.

[smokingfrog]

Solution = Delete Crapware.

[Swordmaker]

Microsoft realizes the damage being done to their reputation:

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Microsoft Signature PCs Arrive at Retail Store - stripped of third party software

Microsoft store PCs come without trialware

By Electronista Staff

updated 01:20 pm EDT, Wed October 28, 2009

The Windows PCs at Microsoft’s first retail stores are deliberately purged of the third-party apps they would normally carry, employees and eyewitnesses have confirmed. Product Advisor Jared Marino explains these systems, regardless of the brand, are considered Signature PCs and won’t include any unnecessary third-party software. In exchange, they come preloaded with the normally optional Windows Live Essentials pack as well as extras like Bing 3D Maps, Security Essentials and the Zune client.

Microsoft doesn’t say whether the treatment will extend outside of retail, though it did begin selling other companies’ PCs through its online store.

The customized software layout is a rare admission by Microsoft that many of its partners may have hurt the Windows brand through an insistence on preloading trial software and other non-essential apps. Although usually justified by vendors as subsidizing the cost of a given PC, both critics and in some cases Microsoft itself have referred to the programs as “craplets” for their tendency to clutter the desktop, pop up unwanted prompts and slow down the system.

Publicly, Microsoft has said it has been working with PC builders to improve the experience since Windows Vista’s release and has had limited success. Dell and Sony have had the option of systems or configurations without extra apps, but only Toshiba has promised completely clutter-free PCs.

The process is unofficially but generally acknowledged as an attempt to mirror the approach to Macs, which on Apple’s insistence are prevented from coming preinstalled with any third-party app desktop icons, menu bar items or background processes.

[PugetSoundSoldier]

Macs still boot faster than Windows 7...

I guess you missed this part from the article quote you posted:

While (OSX was) second place in boot time versus one clean Dell system

But that's OK... The Mac Apple logo is already "silver", indicating it's clean-sheet boot speed place...;)

[PA Engineer]

The solid state air is the fastest Mac. Mine (loaded) shuts down in about 4 seconds and boots in 20.

I noticed that every MS commercial today is a copy of what the Mac has provided for years. This would include hardware integration, wireless sharing, boot speed and crashes.

I would still like to see a touch screen air.

[vanilla swirl]

Ubuntu Linux boots in seconds. Just works.

[tacticalogic]

Yep. It’s Microsoft’s fault the maufacturer loaded all that crep on the computer, and Windows won’t run without it.

[big'ol_freeper]

Crapware....that bout sums up Windows.

[hugorand]

What about shutdown time? My Macbook Pro shuts down in about 5 seconds since I upgraded to Snow Leopard. That’s sweet!!!!