Why don’t the OEMs do this?
Google has put together Google Pack of what they call “essential” software for new computers. Things like Acrobat Reader, Norton Anti-Virus, Firefox and, of course, a number of Google products. Neat idea, but why does a third party have to do this? Why doesn’t the original manufactor provide things like this?
The obvious short answer is because these applications are free and the best of their kind. The computer makers don’t have to do it; people will find Adobe without them. The company that would do it might prove that they care just a little bit more about their customers.
At the same time, by the time the computer hit my desktop, I’d probably have to upgrade half of the applications anyway. Maybe I’m being curmudgeonly about this.
Anyway, it’s a neat bunch of tools. Enjoy.