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Shopping for a laptop as a Linux user:

Screenshot from the Simpsons where Otto is talking to Marge and Homer standing next to a window in their house with a caption “Oh wow, windows!.. I don’t think I can afford this place.”

  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    Its pretty easy to to replace the hard drive in most laptops with an empty one then install either linux or a stripped down version of windows.

    • KNova@infosec.pub
      3·
      4 months ago

      I was going to say - my next laptop, I’m just buying the cheapest SSD option, maxing out the RAM, and then I’ll swap the SSD. Although I’m probably already behind the times - I imagine m2 is the new standard storage in laptops now.

    • TimeNaan@lemmy.worldOP
      21·
      4 months ago

      The point is that you have to pay for the preinstalled windows. Obviously I can install whatever I like on the laptop.