What's up /g/, I just bought this midrange pavilion for school, and I am worried that Windows 10 has secret spy tech in it or that there is maybe unwanted addware for HP or Windows or some shit.
So, should I wipe my hard drive and reinstall clean, or does it make a difderence given that I have an M.2 SSD?
Am I just being paranoid?
>>60029065
I would be more worried about buying any HP product. They're garbage.
>>60029065
install gentoo on it
What should I do with a brand new laptop?
Inb4 erase system 32
>>60029076
Ill look that up. Im new to tech stuff. Im fascinated by it now that I had to do research on a school laptop.
>>60029071
Noted. I had trouble with Dell, so I picked HP. Almost got an ASUS.
windows 10 is fine. hp probably put a bunch of fuckin' bloatware in it though, so it'll eat up your ram and slow you down until you uninstall it or stop it from running at startup
>>60029109
HP is always heavier than Dell or Asus for the same spec, it means better build quality r-right?
>>60029065
Yeah, windows 10 is loaded with spyware and lines of code that tells microshit what you're jacking off to.
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Windows_10
>>60029065
How's the Pavilion series nowadays? Are they still shitty? Those things are nothing but trouble and are a pain in the ass to fix.
>>60030790
As usual anything that's not high end from HP is gaaaaaaaaaarbage.