[Old Yeller]

anyone who doesn’t do a clean/fresh install of the OS on ANY OEM computer they buy is just asking for trouble anyway. That’s the first thing I do when I get a new PC

Easy for a geek.

[FunkyZero]

Na, Os install of windows is very simple, nothing at all to be afraid of as long as you have any documents you need backed up somewhere. Seriously, the worst part is patching it after you install it.. takes half a day to catch it back up.

OEM,s load PC's with so much bloatware, unneeded tools and other garbage, half the system resources are used up by junk right out of the box. It really is bad.

Best bet is to always get a Windows install CD (purchase the media with the PC) so you can install it clean without using their system restore option (that just puts all the garbage back again).