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Dell customers would be able to avoid getting crapware installed on their machines

A major relief for the Dell customers as the company has now announced that they would now allow them to decline the unwanted software applications loaded on new PCs.

This has happened after the company received thousands of complaints related to this problem on their blog and the site where they invite user suggestions to improve their services.

Surprisingly, Dell has taken some major steps in the recent times to become more user friendly. Dell recently started selling Ubuntu powered machines based on customer requests.

Dell has now agreed that they would allow customers of certain models from their portfolio to avoid getting preinstalled applications on the operating systems.

These machines are part of their Dimension desktops, Inspiron notebooks, and XPS PCs. The company added in a blog post: “Since we launched IdeaStorm, there has never been a shortage of conversation about ‘bloatware’ here! Well we’ve recently taken action on your feedback on this topic, and we’re working toward giving customers more choice in the amount and type of software that is preinstalled on their systems at the time of purchase.”

Dell is also now providing an extra “uninstall utility” program on Dimension and Inspiron computers sold in the United States. This would make it easier for the customer to remove the unwanted application from their machines.

The company however said that they would continue to bundle their machines with three primary third party applications. These are trial versions of anti-virus software, Adobe Systems’s Acrobat Reader, and Google’s Google Toolbar.