potentiallynotfelix

I'd rather not have software updates and just have a tv that accepts hdmi, displayport, and AV

I tried to play it but it was just a bus lol. never found out what that was about

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more like a galaxy s10 in my eyes...

Going back to the galaxy s10

The amount of performance you lose is negligible compared to the amount of performance you lose in 5 years when the laptop's processor is out of date and there's barely enough ram to run a semi-heavy task.

An SOC is a bad idea for laptops in my opinion, it just makes it harder to repair and less modular. I understand that it helps to compact the device, but it should only be used in phones if at all.

Yes, Linux is not perfect, but it has a much stronger community than windows which helps, and it's improving and growing every day. You won't face any corporate bullshit(unless you use Ubuntu), but you might have issues with hardware support, etc. There is no perfect operating system unfortunately.

Fairphone is midrange too, but the upper mid range. nowadays 700$US is midrange sadly

Fairphone: 👁️👄👁️

Install GNU/Linux > None of the bullshit

And it probably won't be able to be upgraded by the user, which should be the bare minimum.