

This included an incessant warranty registration pop-up/reminder, Norton Anti-Virus (the biggest offender on spurious CPU utilization), about three different control panels – because we need multiple paths to one location – and a few other programs.

Looking further into the issue, we realized that the system tray accommodated 13 icons of pre-installed software that opened on launch. It was anything but instant, as a new computer should be, and would prompt outrage from any real-world consumer.

Even with an SSD, opening Windows Explorer took at least one full second – eternity, by today's standards. When we received the new 10-series laptops for review, we immediately noticed sluggishness in the OS just preparing the environment for testing.
