bloatware remains disabled after unrooting

I unrooted today via smart switch to get the stagefright update. To my surprise, all my bloatware remains disabled. Is this normal? This was my first root job. Prior to root, those stupid bloats were constantly popping back up in running apps. My magazine and a few others were just awful. So far, they have remained disabled. I may not even reroot this now....

However, I considered rerooting and trying xtresolite. I'm all about battery life. Do you think a very light weight rom like that would extend my battery much?