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updated 03:20 pm EDT, Wed October 14, 2009  Toshiba unveils Win
7 PCs with no clutter  Toshiba on Wednesday updated its
notebooks with Windows 7 and a rare promise among Windows PC
makers. The company promises that all of its systems running the
new OS, including its touchscreen models, will go without any
icons on the desktop except for the default Recycle Bin. System
performance should get a boost as the PCs will run as little
software in the background as possible, in many cases only
running anti-virus tools.  The gesture is a rare one in the
industry and hints at a more pronounced backlash against
excessive amounts of preinstalled software on Windows systems.
PC vendors have been routinely criticized for loading trial
software and unnecessary utilities in a bid to discount the cost
of the system through marketing deals. Most opponents point to
systems not only running slower but taking longer to boot and
often facing intrusive pop-ups. The i