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There are some benefits on both sides. Here is the ability to choose the manufacturer of the hardware. Depends on what you need. The problem (for me at least) is when I'm stuck with one of them because of work, entertainment, etc. All of them are greedy bastards. Sometimes I want to wipe everything, install ubuntu and quit my job, but my wife disagrees.

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I make it a habit to wipe and install from scratch any PC that I setup. Occasionally I need to download a network driver but the default system images usually have one that works.

I like the Signature Edition program where Microsoft vets that the machine just has a clean Windows install and minimal drivers out-of-the-box. I recommend that to a lot of people. The easiest way to buy a Signature Edition PC is from the Microsoft Store, but some of the OEMs and some Best Buys and Staples will offer them if you ask nicely. It saves a bit of time from wiping it yourself.

That was a good solution until the spyware/adware came with windows itself.

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