Pre-loaded crapware is a plague
Too right, so when I wanted to replace our Advent office desktop in 2014 our IT adviser gave me a list of components, including an Acer motherboard, 64-bit, i7 3.6 processor, SS hard disc 1 Tb I think, no unnecessary widgets, 16 Gb RAM, audio, lots of fast USB sockets, etc etc, "silent" box with fan and expansion space. I bought them, mainly from Maplin, and he put them together and loaded the software we use, only.
Result; nice, totally silent, totally reliable, very fast computer, rating 6.9, no unwanted software, total cost < £850 including assembly and a Wifi dongle. I already had a good stand-alone DVD/CD Rewrite USB unit, so that was not needed in the new machine. Any future upgrade is a matter of component acquisition/replacement.