That resulted in most Windows PCs staying completely unprotected, as many users didn’t bother to go the extra step to install any kind of security suite. Malware was rampant, because antivirus companies threatened to sue Microsoft for trying to bundle its own antivirus software with Windows. No more rushing to buy antivirus protectionīloatware wasn’t the worst thing about buying a laptop PC in 2006. Today, even if manufacturers do try to sneak in third party bloatware of any kind, Microsoft itself provides a tool, freely downloadable, to do a clean install of Windows 10, completely bloatware-free. was the most optimistic take.īy comparison, Windows 10 laptops in 2016 couldn’t be further apart from that era. It didn’t take long for users to learn about Bonzi’s dark side, a malware-filled program designed to sneak ads, and gather personal information to be sold to third parties for commercial purposes. PC manufacturers used to bundle all sorts of third-party “utilities”, including the infamous “Bonzi Buddy”, a purple animated gorilla pitched as a desktop helper application. Let’s take a look at five key differences between then and now:Īs mentioned earlier, laptops in 2006 were still a bloated mess. Things have changed indeed, but just how much is hard to say without putting things in perspective. Reason number two was that battery life was still terrible, and Windows XP’s successor, Windows Vista was a buggy nightmare, which would come pre-filled with obnoxious bloatware to keep the price tag down. Thin aluminum began replacing thick black plastic, and USB ports multiplied, as Windows laptops strived to look more like Apple MacBooks.
Reason number one was that 2006 was the year when laptops began to go on a strict diet.
That was the year when, according to a 2008 CNET article, Intel “pulled the carpet” out from under AMD, with its Core 2 Duo, which started the race to the most cores to be squeezed into a mobile CPU, and manufacturers were counting on a game-changer for a variety of reasons.
Finding a Microsoft Windows laptop under the tree in 2016 versus 2006: five key differencesīack in 2006, we had just a taste of how fast things were going to change for the laptop PC.
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