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A comment on Ask HN: What are the first things you do with a new laptop?.

Re:Ask HN: What are the first things you do with a new laptop? by cybrexalpha on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:40AM (#30343489)
On a Mac, factory reset it unless I got it direct from Apple (ideally picked up by hand from an Apple Store). On any other laptop, full erase and install Linux or Windows from scratch.
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Re:Ask HN: What are the first things you do with a new laptop? by typetheorist on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @02:32AM (#30343753)
If the package was sealed, why factory reset?
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Re:Ask HN: What are the first things you do with a new laptop? by bradknowles on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @04:19AM (#30344328)
Because anyone can buy a plastic sealer.

They could have put a brick in the box, then put the box through the sealer, and who would be the wiser?

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