In my case, when I received my Lenovo the first thing I did after opening the box was unscrew the case and change the drive for an SSD. Before even powering it on once. But yeah, if I used the default HDD, I'd at least reformat it first thing. I'm a Linux user though, so I'd have to reformat it anyway, but I'd still reformat it even if I were a Windows user.
Microsoft, Google, Apple, Ubuntu, et al. all make decent OSes that are designed to, um, work. I don't get why manufacturers don't get this simple fact and always have to tamper with stuff. For the less-technical people out there, can't we have a "Nexus" sort of PC manufacturer who prides themselves in selling with ONLY vanilla OSes and as-standard-as-possible hardware components?
Microsoft, Google, Apple, Ubuntu, et al. all make decent OSes that are designed to, um, work. I don't get why manufacturers don't get this simple fact and always have to tamper with stuff. For the less-technical people out there, can't we have a "Nexus" sort of PC manufacturer who prides themselves in selling with ONLY vanilla OSes and as-standard-as-possible hardware components?