There is always some bloatware on computers that you buy off the shelf or from most computer stores. My suggestion is if you want this computer is to reformat it right after you get it and than it will as you want it. SLOW depends on what you are used to, it is much faster than the older computers of 5 years ago, but it is not speed demon. You can always add more ram which may help somewhat, but if you want true computer speed you need to buy a computer with an I5, I7, A10 or A12 processor and not less than 8 gigs of ram.