Damn Luddites...
I have always built my own computers. So I don’t consider myself a techno-phobe. Yet, one of the reasons I do is so that I can pare down the unnecessary software that the pre-built jobs come with. My machines boot (uh, turn on) much faster and run better without all the garbage running in the background.
I agree with Dr. Sowell’s point. Very often I want *fewer* features, not more. It’s a shame I can’t get that much of the time.