Oof I’m too much of a casual to install my own RAM on a laptop, I’m too scared to break something! As the other user commented, a good second hand laptop is probably better anyway.

Yeah also from a sustainability point of view that would be my preferred option. Thanks for the reminder that I don’t need new shiny things to be happy :D

I’m very new to Linux and a very casual user but I’m really loving it. I also can’t afford the existing Linux laptops, and I am on the market for a new machine. So yeah I’d buy a cheap laptop that ships with Linux. If it comes with a discount, that’s even better!

Ultimately it’ll depend on your cat. Get her to try various different things, and see what she likes. I am gradually replacing whiskas with Sainsbury’s own and it seems to work. For reference I also tried giving her Asda’s own but all the biscuits I slipped in got untouched.