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Originally Posted by scottjl
So what is the point in running a "full" OS if you're disabling parts of it?
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As Will said, it's a matter of having the choice and flexibility. We don't all need the same bits.
Operating systems like XP or Windows 7 allow for a huge range of possible configurations. Because many users aren't all that that tech savvy (and reasonably enough, don't see why they should be) the default installations run more things than most people really need. If you've ever run msconfig on a Windows machine you'll see a long list of services and programs that start up by default. Depending on what you use it for you can safely disable many of them, but the precise 'which, when and how' can get quite involved.
This is not unique to Windows, the same general idea also applies with a Mac OS.
If you're happy with the choices that Apple have made for you with the iPad (and looking through this forum would seem to show that some are and some aren't) then that's great. But if you prefer to be able to customise your system so that it's more precisely tailored to your needs, then that's fine too.
Cheers,
Chris