[nfbcs] Laptop without bloatware

[Christopher Chaltain]

I know I'm repeating myself, but when I bought my HP Envy, I just 
installed a clean copy of Windows to remove all of HP's software and the 
trialware that came preinstalled on my system. It didn't cost me any 
extra. I just followed the instructions at 
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10startfresh


On 05/28/2018 01:22 PM, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for all the interesting suggestions.
> It seems like not getting bloatware makes a laptop more expensive, maybe.  I
> suppose the bloatware sellers give a kickback?
> I'm going to ask my boss for ideas, too, as he really knows this stuff.
> Tracy
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nfbcs [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Michael Doise via
> nfbcs
> Sent: Monday, May 28, 2018 1:19 PM
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> Cc: Michael Doise; Nancy Coffman
> Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Laptop without bloatware
>
> A good way to shop for Windows laptops is to look for one that says it is a
> Microsoft Signature edition machine. This ensures that you get the intended
> Windows experience without bloatware.
>
> Hope this helps you guys.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On May 27, 2018, at 8:23 PM, Nancy Coffman via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>> Keep us posted on what you find please. I think there are a lot of us
> looking for one of those.
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>>> On May 21, 2018, at 12:32 PM, Chris Nestrud via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
> wrote:
>>> I recently bought a Lenovo P51. It was pretty much standard Windows 10
>>> as far as I could tell, maybe one or two Lenovo-specific apps. Nice
>>> keyboard including numpad, good build quality, fast, no issues.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 01:19:10PM -0400, Tracy Carcione via nfbcs
> wrote:
>>>> I'd like to research laptops without any of the usual bloatware loaded.
>>>> I'm thinking all I want is the OS, and I'll add what I want, thank you
>>>> very much.
>>>> Can someone suggest the right words for search for such a thing on
> Amazon
>>>> or Froogle?  It's easy to search for something "with" but not so easy
> for
>>>> "without".
>>>> Or, if someone has bought such a machine, what brand and where?
>>>> Thanks.
>>>> Tracy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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