It does take some time, but I'd rather spend the time than the cash.
For someone who has never used Linux, how difficult is the switch over from a windows platform? My wife is having all kinds of problems with Windows 7. She has the original Windows 7 installation disk and her computer keeps telling her that she is not licensed to use Windows 7. She has an HP Desktop computer. She has called Windows support and they said they would charge her $100 to fix her system. They waved the fee after she complained that she can’t use their licensed product. They did a remote fix which took a couple of hours. Her computer worked for awhile (Days) and now it is doing the same thing over again - says she is not licensed to use 7!
I like saving cash but what you get in the end is a MUCH better computing experience. It’s a bit like tinkering with a race car. You may spend a lot of time fiddling with the cams or the headers and I do mean a LOT of time, but when it’s finally done that bad boy will blow the doors off of a showroom car. And the driver of the race car will know a lot more about the machinery he’s driving than the dude who drove his off the showroom floor.
Having said that - it’s a fairly obvious fact that not everyone has the slightest desire to spend their weekends in the garage figuring out why the car is idling too slow or too fast, or the mixture is too lean or too rich. Or to have the skills or tools to do so.