XPost: alt.windows7.general   
   From: Newyana2@invalid.nospam   
      
   "Java Jive"  wrote   
      
   | >    Doesn't this really depend on what you need/want? And what's   
   | > it got to do with Linux? This is a Win11 device for playing high end   
   | > video games at Starbucks.   
   |   
   | No, it's a laptop capable in principle of running any OS, and two of my   
   | laptops dual-boot into Linux & Windows.  You may not like Linux,   
      
     It's not about liking Linux. What I'm questioning is   
   whether you need a powerful laptop for whaty you're   
   doing. If you boot to Linux then the answer is no. If   
   you want to play GTA then maybe the answer is yes.   
   You askid this in Linux and Win7, yet it's a Win11 laptop.   
      
   | Now you're seeming to want to start a flame war between adherents of   
   | desktops and laptops.   
      
   You're a bit touchy. All I'm saying is that people want and need   
   different things, and you're asking about whether a particular device   
   is a good deal without any indication of what you expect to use   
   it for. You could ask whether a Lexus is a good car. Well, that depends.   
   Do you have that much money to spare? Do you rarely drive more   
   than 30 miles? Do you need to haul lumber? (And no, I'm not trying   
   to start an EV "flame war".)   
      
   | FWIW, my last attempt, over a decade ago after   
   | having done it successfully for many years previously, at building my   
   | own desktop encountered a myriad of unexpected problems, including but   
   | by no means confined to ...   
   |     - A motherboard that fried itself when a fan stopped working [*];   
   |     - Mismatched memory [*]   
   |     - The only locally available make of modern PSU with enough grunt   
   |       for the new motherboard having leads too short for my tower case;   
   |     - Others I have long since forgotten   
   | ... and, even all those years ago, as I recall the cost of that mess was   
   | considerably more than your $400.   
      
     It can be risky. I once had a problem where either the MB or   
   CPU was faulty, and Microcenter refused to accept a return.   
   I suspect that quality control is not great with these things.   
   So you just have to hope you don't get lemons. In that respect,   
   something like a Dell is a safer bet. But I enjoy building them,   
   and in the long run they're cheaper.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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