I'm going to buy a new laptop soon.

I'd go Linux if it weren't for Poser, alas...

So here's my plan:

1: Install Windows 10 without an MS account. (And all the spyware disabled)

(Can be done with Windows 11, too, but it's a bit more complicated)

2: Install a version of Poser that doesn't need to phone home.

3. Keep that laptop strictly off the internet and just use it for Poser and model building

4. Keep my current laptop as a backup and get a cheap tablet with Linux installed for my internet surfing, banking and emails, etc.

Perhaps even use TOR and a proxy to go completely dark.    ;-p

"The net views censorship as damage and routes around it."