Elting

Yeah if it is a work laptop then your caution is warranted. The thing about linux is, eventually something will go wrong. However, with the slightest inclination and some internet searching skills you can always fix the issue. Windows and Mac like to fight you when you want to tinker with something, but Linux facilitates it.

Putting linux on that thing will give it several more years. The performance gap between windows and linux just keeps growing.

What you don’t understand is that the average consumer just does not give a fuck. The ethics of their purchasing decisions are invisible to them and they can’t understand how their decisions leave an impact. This is true everywhere, but it is especially true of gamers. They will buy your slop year after year after year with no qualms.