Thought it’s only you who felt the need to lose weight after last night’s McDonald’s happy meal? Your computer feels the same way, but for different reasons.

We’d like to introduce you to another new tech term – bloatware.

Manufacturers, such as Dell or Lenovo, install unnecessary software along with Windows on their PCs.

This includes trial antivirus packages or nagware which mostly runs when you boot your pc and therefore slows down it’s performance dramatically. Manufacturers are in some cases paid to include software in this way.

Most users only need a small amount of the software loaded on their systems and regard the rest as unnecessary bloat.

A second variation of software bloat occurs when successive versions of a computer programme becomes slower and slower, using more memory or processing power. Your pc might suddenly also have higher hardware requirements than before.

Part of the problem is caused by unwanted and unused software that stays on the PC after initial installation. Even though programmes are uninstalled, some data remains. Over time this unnecessary software not only takes up space on the hard drive, but also uses valuable memory and wastes processing time, causing start up and shut down delays.

Apple iTunes and Microsoft Windows have both been accused of being culprits. Windows 8 has started to address the problem by adding options that allow users to reset and refresh PC’s, but bloatware remains a big problem for Windows PCs. Most PCs sold with Windows still come with added unnecessary software adding clutter and making your computer sluggish.

[SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org & www.howtogeek.com]

Gedink jy is die enigste een met`n behoefte het om gewig te verloor na gisteraand se McDonalds happy meal? Jou rekenaar voel dieselfde – om ander redes.

 Ons stel nog `n nuwe tech term aan julle bekend – bloatware.

Vervaardigers, soos Dell en Lenovo, installeer deesdae onnodige sagteware saam met Windows op die rekenaars wat hulle aan kliënte verskaf.

Dit sluit proeflopies van anti-virus sagteware en nagware in wat hoofsaaklik loop wanneer jou rekenaar aanskakel en dan die spoed drasties verminder. Vervaardigers word selfs in sommige gevalle betaal om hierdie sagteware in te sluit. 

`n Tweede variasie van sagteware bloat vind plaas wanneer agtereenvolgende weergawes van `n rekenaarprogram al stadiger reageer en onnodig meer geheue en verwerkingskrag vereis. Jou rekenaar mag in dié geval skielik groter hardeware behoeftes hê as voorheen.

Deel van die probleem word veroorsaak deur ongewensde en ongebruikte sagteware wat agterbly nadat installasies voltooi is. Selfs wanneer die program verwyder is, bly data steeds agter. Oor tyd neem hierdie onnodige sagteware nie net spasie op die hardeskyf op nie, maar mors dit ook kosbare geheue en verwerkingstyd.

Rekenaargebruikers gebruik slegs `n minimale hoeveelheid van die sagteware wat op hulle rekenaars gelaai word en beskou die res as onnodige bloatware.

Apple iTunes en Microsoft Windows is beide al uitgewys as die swartskape. Met Windows 8 is `n poging aangewend teen bloatware deur die opsie aan gebruikers te gee om rekenaars skoon te maak.

Ten spyte hiervan bly bloatware `n groot teerpunt met Windows-rekenaars. Rekenaars met Windows word steeds verskaf met onnodige sagteware wat jou rekenaar oorvol en stadig maak.

[SOURCE: www.wikipedia.org & www.howtogeek.com]

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