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I use a default install and I'm a techie. I just remove the bloatware first.

• nitrogen 12y ago
  Sometimes this is the only way to get CPU scaling to work properly, as the drivers for the laptop's particular quirky ACPI implementation may not be available sepatately. It's no fun having a clean system that either runs at 1999 speeds or burns a hole in your desk. Linux can be a bit better on some systems, but worse on others.
• rogerbinns 12y ago
  The last Lenovo laptop I got came with Norton. I uninstalled that completely. Then I went to download Chrome which Norton decided to protect me from. Uninstall means different things, and they never uninstall completely/cleanly. In this Superfish example they would have left the dodgy certificates behind. The only way you know you have a good install is to do a clean install, rather than attempt surgery on the crap that got shipped. Fortunately Lenovo do have a system updater that does a fantastic job on driver downloads etc.