laptops

Superfish isn't there any more, but they still bundle in a bunch of malware.
Do you not know that you're supposed to do a fresh install to every device you get?

Fresh install your OS and it's as secure as any other device (IE, NSA and chink backdoors out the ass)

>>57729875
from what I had read, even fresh installs would put the malware back in somehow, and that's how lenovo originally got caught.

desu though, I have never owned a laptop, just built my own PCs so I haven't had to deal with that.

>>57729916
Fresh installs from their recovery disks, yes.
I mean a fresh install from a regular windows disk.

>>57729916
Yeah a lot of the non-Think brand PC/laptops had rootkits installed. Impossible to remove spying software straight from lenovo

If you're worried about it, don't run windows on it.

>>57729941
>buying another copy of windows
I had to borrow an install disk for my build, so I could crack it
>>57729959
I guess it's not as much of a priority then, because I need to have windows. it will be mainly used for the Adobe Suite on the go, nothing super important.

well, that aside, any good cyber monday deals for laptops?
>i5 - i7
>128GB+ SSD
>8GB+ RAM
>under ~800