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Lenovo Switches To Windows 10 Signature Edition Image For Its Future ThinkPad Laptops (mspoweruser.com)

Posted by msmash on from the Clean-Windows-experience dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Ahead of tradeshow CES 2017, Lenovo today announced major changes coming to its ThinkPad lineup of laptops and PCs. First, Lenovo has decided to ship 2017 ThinkPad models with Microsoft's Signature Edition Windows 10 right out of the box. So, users don't have to worry about bloatware anymore. Signature Edition PCs are clean, fast and protected. The second big announcement is that Lenovo is now offering optional Intel Optane 3D drives on select ThinkPad models. Due to the small capacity, initial Optane M.2 drives will be used for caching in the ThinkPad T470p, L470, L570, T470, and T570. Third, Lenovo is moving to the Microsoft Precision TouchPad drivers for consistent touchpad experience across ThinkPad devices. The Windows Precision Touchpad drivers provide high precision pointer input and gesture functionality.

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  1. Too late by Billly+Gates · · Score: 4, Informative

    Spearfish and so called drivers that are really malware software that keep re-installing themselves through the Windows Store puts Lenovo in my DO NOT BUY list.

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  2. Re:Just spyware by operagost · · Score: 5, Informative

    I would like a laptop that is clean, fast, and protected from Microsoft's update mechanism rebooting it while I'm using it.

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  3. Re: Just spyware by squiggleslash · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can't, that's one of the major complaints, you can't just set it to a small number of hours you'd be very unlikely to be using the computer.

    Also, why the hell does it need to reboot to install updates? Ubuntu et al don't unless you update the kernel, which 99% of the time you don't.

    Real answer to GP: disable the Windows Update service. Re-enable it once a month and manually run updates, then disable it again. Just make sure you don't forget.

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  4. Avoid Reboots with "Metered Connections" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can avoid unexpected Windows 10 updates by setting the network connections to be "metered connections".
    Windows will then avoid downloading updates in the background because it thinks you are paying a lot for the bytes.
    Google "windows 10 metered connection"