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Companies are not charities. To bring down prices so that you can buy a brand new laptop for $500 they will have to make that money somewhere else.

• whywhywhywhy 4y ago
  Who said I wanted to spend only $500? The issue is more this stuff is brought in to justify the garbage end of the spectrum then creeps into the rest of the spectrum because its normal and the lower end didn't complain.
  • rishav_sharan 4y ago
    If you are willing to pay more, can you not just buy a laptop with no OS and have a separate installation of Windows premium done on it? That will at least save you from the OEM cruft.
    • Mizoguchi 4y ago
      Realistically we cannot walk into Costco, get a $500 laptop and expect it to be free of bloatware and ads. There has to be a compromise somewhere if you really need something at that price level. It doesn't take much effort to wipe it all out as you say, do a fresh install and disable the features of Windows that annoy you the most. The question is if 2-3 hours of your time are worth the cheaper tag price.
    • raisedbyninjas 4y ago
      Systems sold by the Microsoft store are good for this. Even their non-surface stuff is OEM bloat free. We got an Asus ultralight there with nothing unwanted but the normal Win10 Candy Crush, Xbox stuff.