by matt
12. June 2009 11:28
Having had a glimpse on the BBC this morning, it looks like Microsoft are intending to shift Windows 7 without IE installed in Europe, it is now something users will have to go and download and install for themselves.
In general, it looks like they’re leaving it up to the hardware vendors to decide what is installed on the machine and what is not, but what happens when user pop out and buy a copy of Windows 7 themselves? I assume that means that there will just be a link on the desktop to go and download the file, otherwise, I can’t quite see how your average user is going to get on the internet in the first place to go and find a web-browser to download! On the other hand, I can’t see your average user popping out and buying a copy of Windows.
What seems slightly risible to me is that Microsoft get slapped around by the European Commission for bundling things in to their OS, and Apple later on use the bundling of pre-installed software in the OS as a selling point with iLife.
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