Cyberpower. iBuyPower. Even Starforge. There’s a bunch of builders out there to remove that “scariness.”
It’s a personal choice, but if they were willing to spend 5-10 minutes to download something like Bazzite and click the 10 total clicks to install it, you’d achieve a console-like experience too.
The information is out there, it’s just not forcefed to you because of a massive marketing budget.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Considering building a PC is too much, how do you figure that they will week out Linux, choose a distro, and successfully install it.
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’m not sure if you ignored both but:
As the original commenter said, pricing of next gen consoles will be $1000+. Which puts pricing into PC ballpark.
I said there are system integrators, always have been, to buy a prebuilt system.
So “too much” both fiscally and laboriously aren’t true anymore.
And I mentioned it, but choosing Bazzite is a locked down system. Installing it takes about 10 clicks of your mouse.
They could ask a friend. Or google it.
How braindead do you think people are? If they talk to anyone they’ll easily come across these ideas. Linux just jumped from 4% desktop usage to over 10%. So people aren’t completely gone. Enough friction and they’ll look for alternatives.
If they play sports games I can’t help them though. They’re already on life support.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week ago
I experienced IT help desk.
Thus my answer is: Very.
godsammitdam@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Me too.
I learned if things affect their wallet/affects them personally, they’ll learn.
Good ol republican ideology.