This process is called a clean install, which is ironic as there's nothing particularly clean about it: Microsoft has enshittified Windows Setup.

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Apple has quietly updated the way that users buy and configure Macs on the online Apple Store, giving customers a process that's closer to buying an iPhone or iPad.

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