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as much as this is a good idea, remember that most people who buy a laptop just want to take it home and have it work. Add to that point that reinstalling from
by rip747 11y ago
as much as this is a good idea, remember that most people who buy a laptop just want to take it home and have it work. Add to that point that reinstalling from scratch typically involves finding all the drivers all over again and spending hours running through all the windows updates. This is something that most people DO NOT want to go through or have the knowledge to do so.
- tokenizerrr 11y agoAre drivers really such a problem still with windows? The past few laptops I've reinstalled worked out of the box with a fresh install. If not, it automatically got the drivers from windows update.
- diyorgasms 11y agoYou can only get windows updates if your network drivers work. With the Lenovos, Dells, and HPs I've been coming across early, Windows 7 and 8 are broken out of the box, usually with no network drivers. Strangely enough, Linux often works flawlessly with these same computers.
- tokenizerrr 11y agoI've never not seen wired networking work. It's been at least five years since I've handled a laptop where wireless did not work out of the box.
- ossreality 11y agoHow did you buy a laptop with an ethernet port in the last 5 years?
- cyrus_ 11y agoWith my Lenovo Thinkpad t450s, neither wired nor wireless networking work when you reinstall Windows 8.1 on your own.
- tokenizerrr 11y agoWow, that is genuinely surprising. Good to know.