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My experience with PC OEM software is beyond horrific, so I am not looking forward to this.

• JohnFen 3y ago
  The very first thing I do with any new computer I buy is to reformat the hard drive and install the OS I prefer. I don't even boot the machine first. This habit resolved all of my OEM software issues.
  • brucethemoose2 3y ago
    Unless you need the OEM software for things like the screen backlight, function keys or power/fan profiles to work... Or they get auto installed from the BIOS, like a native rootkit.
    • RecycledEle 3y ago
      Who bundles that into their BIOS? I like my BIOS with only the non-obvious backdoors, surveillance, and tampering.
      • brucethemoose2 3y ago
        Lenovo used to, secretly and automatically. IIRC they aren't the only ones. My AsRock desktop board will do it with permission, but they have the best OEM software I have seen in years because it is basically nothing, and doesn't autorun.
    • JohnFen 3y ago
      I suppose, but these are things that I've never actually encountered in any machines I've purchased.