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Advice on cleaning bloatware off of a new PC (www.bestbuy.com)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I helped my 77 year old mother purchase a new laptop, and I want to be sure to get all the bloatware off of it, and set her up with with some better privacy options. I am aMac guy at home so I haven't done this kind of thing for many years. (I use Windows at work, so I'm quite familiar and capable, but obviously I have to rely on IT knowing what they are doing (they don't)). I did make sure to get the pro version of Windows 11. I'm going to set her up with Proton mail I think. This is the computer that is coming:

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lenovo-thinkbook-16-g6-abp-amd-in-16-touch-screen-notebook-amd-ryzen-5-with-16gb-memory-512gb-ssd-gray/6565272.p?skuId=6565272

(Forgive me if this is not the correct place to post)

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[–] [S] 7 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I am totally on board with this, but I cannot convince her to learn something new at this stage of the game. I have tried.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Mint looks quite similar, and if she asks "Microsoft applied an update and now the start menu looks different."

    If all she does is browse the internet and read emails, she'll never know the difference. You could even set up the splash screen to display the Windows logo or just disable it all together.

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