I was having problems with my then current computer. I was running Linux Mint on it, and long ago I had added the maximum recommended amount of RAM, but it was going slow, and I was having trouble with the sound system. I must admit the problem with it running slow was probably my fault, but the problems with the sound system seemed to be beyond me, and I couldn't find any solution to my problems with the sound system by searching on the internet. I had an important talk coming up via Zoom, what should I do? The easy answer was to buy a new computer ... but what? Looking at the price of computers, it seemed to me the cheapest computers ran...view more