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Going to Linux would be best for most users. I stay with Windows in part because I'm only quasi-retired, and in part because I like running the free Microsoft SQL Express for hobby projects like my investments and my solar telemetry analysis. And I already purchased Visual Studio 2013 years ago and it still runs on Windows 11. Every now and then I tax the DB, even for hobby projects, more than I could get out of free DBs that run on Linux.

If it wasn't for those niche uses I would have moved to Linux a while ago.

My issue is that I use Linux at work as it is our mainframe. It’s just all command line. I’m used to writing scripts and cron jobs. My work experience on Windows is SAS, Office, VBScripts and MySQL.
I retired in Jan of 2024 and failed at it. I retire again at the end of the month, hopefully successfully.

My 2015 vintage Asus laptop came with Windows 10 and a 4k touch screen. The i7 CPU is not on the Windows 11 approved list. Everything else was fine. I purchased a 512GB NVMe drive and put Fedora 43 Workstation on it. Works like a champ. That hardware will run for many more years just fine.

I purchased a Dell 16 Plus with an i9 CPU, 32 GB RAM, 1 TB NVMe storage. It has WiFi7 hardware and Bluetooth 5.4. It is a lower resolution screen than the last laptop and just built-in Intel ARC graphics. It has Windows 11 Home. I can upgrade that cheaply. It is now running my wsjt-x ham radio communications software along with grid-tracker and tQSL. I made my first 6 meter QSL using q65 protocol last week. My first comms since before the cancer surgery. Back on the air.

Having fixed the laptop, I'm left with my home-built i7 desktop with 32 GB RAM and about 10 TB of disk inside. It is 2013 vintage hardware that started Windows 8 Pro OEM and is currently Windows 10. That machine needs some serious backup. A new motherboard, CPU and 32 GB of current RAM would rescue it nicely. Lots of money in storage and power supply that I want to retain. A current vintage CPU will likely need more serious cooling too. No rush to update/upgrade right now.