These aren't the Thinkpads power users usually buy. The bloatware machines are generally their consumer lines. I use the Lenovo Vantage update app that I think

These aren't the Thinkpads power users usually buy. The bloatware machines are generally their consumer lines. I use the Lenovo Vantage update app that I think the thread is talking about on my own dual boot Thinkpad. It's a particularly slow app with pointless animations to look good. It makes warranty info prominent to try to sell customers on an extended one, and has some other 'useless to power user' features. However it only runs when I run it, and I'm just there for the firmware updates. I expect the consumer line also includes other bloat beyond that though, or enables mis-features to 'protect' the user.