Windows 8 may be the most significant reimagining of Microsoft's OS
in more than 15 years, but it still won't change one eternal rule of
Microsoft-powered PCs: wherever Windows goes, bloatware follows.
Microsoft and its users have long complained to hardware makers about
the amount of extra software that manufacturers include with Windows PCs
such as extra media-playing software or trial versions of antivirus
programs.It sounds like the bloatware wars will favor users when Windows 8 launches later this year. But extra software may still creep onto your new Dell, HP, or Lenovo PC, even though Microsoft is reportedly getting ready to take on Windows 8 bloat.
Signature Upgrades
To fight off bloatware, Microsoft plans to offer Windows 8 users its $99 Signature Upgrade service available at Microsoft Stores across the U.S., according to PCWorld's sister site Computerworld. Signature upgrade is an extension of the Microsoft Store's Signature PC program that offers Windows 7 PCs tweaked for speed and performance, and the devices come without any manufacturer bloatware. If you didn't buy your PC from the Microsoft Store, all you have to do is walk into one of the software maker's 22 retail locations in the U.S., plunk down a hundred bucks, and a day or two later your bloat-free PC is ready to go.
o get onto your computer, most Metro apps have to be approved by Microsoft and then distributed through the Windows Store,
similar to how you download apps for your iPhone, Android or Windows
Phone device. But it's not clear whether the Windows Store would curb or
prohibit device makers from installing Metro-style bloatware before
their PCs ship.
Metro and Peripherals
Even
if Metro-style bloatware rears its ugly head, Microsoft is trying to
keep peripherals from filling up your machine with unneeded junk.
Microsoft is pushing makers of webcams, printers, cameras, and other
devices to focus on supporting the Metro side of Windows 8 instead of
the traditional desktop.
In Microsoft's ideal scenario, you would connect your new Canon
all-in-one printer to your PC and then Windows 8 would automatically
download Canon's supporting app from the Windows Store. Microsoft in
September said it would limit hardware makers to offering just one Metro app per external device.
Of course, in an ideal world most of your peripherals wouldn't bother
with supporting apps at all. Do you really need that snazzy interface
from Iomega to use your external hard drive? I didn't think so. The good
news is deleting a Metro-style app will be a fairly easy process, so if
you don't want an HP specially-designed printer interface, you can nuke
it pretty quickly.
Windows 8 is expected to launch on new PCs around October 2012. A second consumer preview of the new OS is expected in the first week of June.
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