[ShadowAce]

I have a System76 laptop. It screams. From complete poweroff (not sleep) to logging is about 20 secs.

It comes with Linux preinstalled, as they are designed from the ground up to run Linux.

But they are kinda pricey. I tend to keep laptops for ~10 years at a time, though, so it evens out in the end.

[dhs12345]

Good for you. And for now, Linux is open source and so is more secure and less intrusive. I read that Window's OSs are becoming more and more intrusive. And I believe that even the hardware (motherboard and processor) are becoming a privacy concern. Then there are the apps/software.

An old hardware platform is safer and probably does everything that an average person might want.

Lastly newer systems are adopting the Apple of planned obsolescence. How many of your newer computers are not capable of running Windows 11? The solution — buy a new computer (or install Linux).

[Myrddin]

The i7-2600K PC that I build from scratch in 2013 was due for a refresh last year. The new box has an i9-10850K CPU. 64 GB of RAM (capable of 128 GB, but too expensive). A pair of M.2 NVME slots are populated with 1 TB devices for fast boot/operation. The motherboard can host 8 SATAIII devices. That is how the Bluray burner is interfaced. One M.2 drive has Windows 10 Pro onboard. The other has Fedora 35. Both operating systems drive the Ethernet 2.5g port just fine. The motherboard BIOS supports booting from M.2 NVME. My older motherboards can't boot from an M.2 NVME.

The i9 needs some serious power, so an 850W power supply runs it and a liquid CPU cooler with a 360mm radiator draws off the heat.