# New Cheap PC for Windows 11 or supporting Discourse discussion {Also obsoleting Browsers & OP systems}

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Tags:** computer-hardware\
**Created:** [April 3, 2025, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheap-pc-for-windows-11-or-supporting-discourse-discussion-also-obsoleting-browsers-op-systems/1016577 "2025-04-03T16:26:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2025, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-cheap-pc-for-windows-11-or-supporting-discourse-discussion-also-obsoleting-browsers-op-systems/1016577/33 "2025-04-03T13:12:23Z")

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> [@Apparently I'm going to be kicked off the boards (Discourse upcoming incompatibility){New cheap PC posts moved out}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432/69):
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> Tonight we’re gonna party like it’s 1699!

I’d rather party like it’s 1699 rather than spend $1500 and probably at least three months of software incompatibility hassles with a new computer. Not everyone’s use cases are the same. I do have a Win11 computer, but it’s a laptop, not a desktop, and is intended for different purposes.

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