Why I would never buy an off the shelf desktop PC

They are full of crap.
When I buy a PC I don't want it to come bundled with x-amount of crap I'm going
to have to spend time to uninstall, I want a fresh clean system. If you must give
me the software give it on an extra CD so I can choose if I want it installed myself.

I was lucky, originally when I brought my TabletPC I was expecting lots of preinstalled
'extras' included, as I'd read about from people who'd brought it in the states, but
none was included.