I agree with you, except that years of painful Windows crapware experience has taught me that manufacturers don't often do a very good job at "value adding", un

I agree with you, except that years of painful Windows crapware experience has taught me that manufacturers don't often do a very good job at "value adding", unless you define value as meddling pointlessly with things that work, or lining their own pockets through pre-installed junk software partnerships. That said, Amazon have a solid reputation so I don't think any of that applies in this particular case.