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    One thing that has been bothering me.

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Richard Dickerson, Aug 25, 2010.

  1. Richard Dickerson

    Richard Dickerson Notebook Geek

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    Asus is being reported as one the top notebook manufacturers by numerous sources. I am sure this is quite correct, as they've been making quality mobos and GPX cards for years.

    Reading up one the G51JX series and hearing about all the issues. The BSODs and other errors. I can understand that once the notebook is designed, new and better drivers will be released that will handle many of these issues.

    The main thing I don't get is, if Asus is so good, why is it necessary to wipe and reinstall the OS?

    Is it something you do with all prebuilt computers?
    You'd think they would build a computer usable right out of the box, with the exception of updates.
     
    Richard Dickerson, Aug 25, 2010
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  2. line98

    line98 Notebook Consultant

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    almost all prebuilt computers come with a ton of bloatware and useless crap on them. sadly this has even become the case with asus. also in the past they used to have a weird partition structure. anyhow because of this bloat asus users tend to do a wipe and fresh install. this is something that should be done with almost all prebuilt computers, asus users just tend to be more likely to know to do so.
     
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  3. Richard Dickerson

    Richard Dickerson Notebook Geek

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    I can understand the bloatware, a fresh install sounds like a great way to get rid of all that with the least amount of work.

    What I was reading on the G51JX owners thread was like the notebook needs it just to be reliably operable.
     
    Richard Dickerson, Aug 25, 2010
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    That's not true in general.
    You don't need to reinstall the operating system to make the notebook work reliably.
    In worst cases there could be that you need to do some driver updates if something is not working the way you want it, but that's not a general case.

    All the three ASUS notebooks I had owned so far, worked very reliably with the pre-installed OS.
    I usually re-install it only to get rid of all the bloatware or otherwise if I want to install a different version of the operating system than the one that came with the machine.
     
    Turbogear, Aug 25, 2010
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    Yeah I never reinstalled Windows completely. I found it easier and better to do the factory restore, and then uninstall whatever I didn't want. Of course now I'm on Windows 7, so that doesn't really apply anymore...
     
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    i always do clean installs.
     
    r0b0t c0rpse, Aug 25, 2010
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  7. Nathan P

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    I do clean installs so I can partition the way I like.

    If I had my way, no computer I bought would come with everything preinstalled, Asus or not.

    Nathan
     
    Nathan P, Aug 25, 2010
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