Thank you, everyone, for your suggestions and advice!
I will look into each of the outlets/providers that you brought up, and will hopefully have my new computer sooner rather than later.
Microsoft's Windows 10 ban could prove costly for millions of PC owners from tomorrow
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Re: Microsoft's Windows 10 ban could prove costly for millions of PC owners from tomorrow
Have you considered assembling one yourself? It is not difficult and you get exactly the components you want. https://pcpartpicker.com will help you check that components are compatible.Tharthan wrote: ↑2023-02-22, 01:24I just need to purchase the new computer for Mint to be on. I am ideally looking for an 'all-in-one' GNU/Linux desktop computer, since I imagine picking one up that was made for GNU/Linux and then just installing Mint via the installation drive would be easier than purchasing an 'all-in-one' computer with Windows 10 or 11 on it and then overwriting it with Mint, given what I remember hearing about "Secure Boot" built into Windows 10 computers a year or two back (maybe three years now?)