I booted Linux Mint 18.3 off a flash drive. No special versions needed. Hold down Option key and select EFI drive. You need MBR on the Mac drive or it won't boot. *Everything* works out of the box. Installed touchegg to get addition touchpad gestures. I also turned the drivers on the control panel.

Same boat but just installed Linux Mint 18.3 on it and it runs fast as when it was new. Apple updates ran that machine into the ground. I'm done with Apple.

I agree. The overwhelming positive reviews for stuff you know can't be 5 star (cheap bluetooth speakers, etc.) has made me completely ignore any of the "paid for with free product" reviews. Those reviewers often go into great length writing about product descriptions or packaging and ultimately aren't worth a damn. The real reviews that have ratings and reviews that aren't gushing are the ones I trust. The whole free product for reviews system needs to die.

The old Windows installation will be removed *automatically* after the period of time to roll back ends. No need to do anything.

There are a lot of people that have great wealth but keep working because they enjoy what they are doing. To suggest that everyone will just bail on work is not a good argument. Furthermore, consider how many people could continue education, or pursue arts, contribute to non-profits, etc. Our whole culture could shift in ways that we cannot fully predict with the security of a basic income.

There are other users in a state than just the locals (e.g. tourists, transport). Do they have a plan to recoup costs from them as well, or do they plan to give them a free ride?

People who get car sick need windows. Nuff said.

>But one thing I absolutely refuse to do is buy a phone where the manufacturer washes its hands of it

I have an 1st gen iPad and an iPhone 4 that Apple doesn't give me security updates for. I moved to a Nexus 5.

>When there's a new version of iOS, I get it the day it's released.

I have an 1st gen iPad and an iPhone 4 that say otherwise.

Don't forget to read the excellent Brain Over Brawn from brainoverbrawn.com. It's free and you will learn a lot.

Move music off the drive onto usb storage. I got a small usb drive with just a tiny nub that sticks out for my daughter's chromebook and it works great. That leaves a lot of room on the drive. Remember that the OS doesn't take up 20-30 gigs of space on a chromebook.

I found it is worse with two monitors side by side or one that is off to an angle. Not looking straight on at a monitor seems to cause me a lot of fatigue in one of my eyes. Going back to one monitor has stopped a lot of eyestrain for me.

Thanks, Barry

The long term plan is to run OS X on it.