[dayglored]

With regard to installing ChromeOS: I've used it, it's cool, it's functional, and can do a lot of useful things.

But beware: ChromeOS is NOT Windows and is incompatible with most Windows programs

Replacing Windows 10 with ChromeOS is an "upgrade" of sorts, but it's not like you're getting Windows 10 "extended support". If you want that past the EOL date, you probably have to be a big company with a Windows Volume License, and you have to fork over some pretty big cash to Microsoft.

[MikelTackNailer]

I read about that but appreciate the heads up. I was doing well with Linux Mint on the old machine (2011 is computer old) and this new one is a $1200 screamer from Amazon marked down to $260.

So I’ll probably shuffle partition and go Penguin again, retaining Windows for off-line use like games and snobbish applications.