Great post and write up!
I'm a lifetime mac user, but I just bought an asus laptop to run some astro software that I can't use on the mac. ( I'm not interested in dual booting or running an emulator like Parallels. )
At this stage I'm planning on keeping it quarantined as much as possible by not letting it connect to the internet unless I have to.
I'd really appreciate any info regarding which programs are bloatware and which are essential as I'm not really familiar with any of them. I'm slowly working on setting it up and getting used to it. ( the trackpad is infuriating! )
