No crapware on Toshiba’s new laptops

We told you that Toshiba has launched interesting laptops recently, but it turns out that the company has taken the step of not installing any crapware* (except anti-viruses and may be a couple of other things) on the new computers. That’s a welcome change of policy because not only most of the software was useless, but it was running in the background and reminding us to get the paid version on a regular basis. Hopefully more PC makers will follow because that scores big points with us.

*Crapware refers to all the software from “partners” that comes usually pre-installed on a laptop. That includes anti-virus, but also pc maintenance and entertainment software, often in trial versions.