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There are countless of paper cuts a normie would get. I’m all for Linux, but I don’t believe it. I’d rather believe Windows would go into oblivion and macOS would take its place with laptops for $200…300 (at least used Neos in like 5 years).
I think you underestimating ChromeOS
Right, forgot someone counts that as Linux. Which it technically is, but is not what we mean when we say Linux on a desktop. For a normie it’s still just a browser on a laptop.
I wouldn't count it as desktop Linux as well. But I think it's much more likely for chrome to take over Windows than it is for macOS.
Apple business strategy is to sell ~~overpriced~~ premium hardware. They don't want to sell 300$ notebooks.
Let’s see what would Neo become in like 5 years on second hand market.