Google and Dell Team Up To Spread The Word
Dell and Google have announced that all Dells PC will start shipping with a suite of Google software preinstalled. Eric Schmidt, chief executive of Google hinted at the possibility of more to follow in the partnership at a later date.
The current deal will see Google desktop search installed on all Dell PCs and a co-branded web homepage. Google will also be the default search engine in Internet Explorer.
As most Dell customers leave their PCs in the same configuration as they come out of the box, this should see even more penetration for Google into the home PC market. The Windows equivalents will also be installed, but will not boot up unless the users changes the relevant settings - so, not at all then in all probability.
“Windows lacks certain features, and Dell figured out a way to add them,” said Schmidt.
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