Em Feb 24

The control of the computer is getting shifted from you, who bought the computer, to the seller of the computer.

This should not happen.
You should be angry about this.
You should refuse to be controlled.
You should resist.

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Before you buy a new computer, do a web search for used ones with linux ubuntu or mint pre-installed. It's a pretty painless intro to Linux computing.
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@tanquist @Em0nM4stodon

My daily computer is a used business Thinkpad I bought from ebay 10 years ago. It was already at least 4 years old when it was sold. I upped the memory and added a SSD one year after buying it. It's still going strong. It came with Linux Mint but for this machine I'm doing Pop Os.

There's lots of companies up cycling business electronics on ebay. And so much cheaper than buying new. I paid $250 with shipping included some 10 yrs ago.

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@tanquist @Em0nM4stodon

As to the upgrades I spent maybe an extra $150 for the time.