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And you're still running the OS that it came with? Even if you want to keep Windows, always reinstall fresh. It's far easier than trying to hunt down every piec
by finnn 12y ago
And you're still running the OS that it came with? Even if you want to keep Windows, always reinstall fresh. It's far easier than trying to hunt down every piece of malware they put on it
- pjc50 12y agoThis is repeatedly recommended, but I think it's overlooking that not all manufacturer customization is entirely evil. You then to hunt down all the drivers for bits of the motherboard. Are you sure your power consumption settings are optimal after you've done this?
- joshuapants 12y agoWindows has gotten pretty good at finding and installing drivers for you. I'm not sure about 8.1 (only used it briefly on a tablet that came with it installed) but with the 10 preview it has found and installed all the drivers I needed for the two Thinkpads I tried it on. It didn't download the Lenovo power management utility which is key to really squeezing the most out of it, but in my experience it isn't significantly better than Windows power management + keeping the screen brightness down (which is what the Lenovo utility does anyway).