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> The 700€ Thinkpads also are free of spyware or any preinstalled such software. So, it is possible.

The machine in this article is a Thinkpad.

Interesting development then.

Not that I'd ever buy a device with Windows preinstalled anyway, nor do I recommend it.

A refurbished Thinkpad. Can anyone confirm if this is included in the factory install?

Got a brand new T450s this year, and it was chock-full of crap to the point of being nearly unusable.

I got a brand new E540 last year, and it had no spyware, nothing.

When you buy Thinkpads, the people who wrote the spyware and made the decision to preinstall it get to continue eating.