if it works it may be cheaper that what online costs. however, I'm guessing most desktop users will not go this route because it's W11 that they're opposed to. for example, if you don't make the proper selection when setting it up, you may find that documents you create are stored on the web in One Drive. that's exactly the thing desktops users are trying to avoid - having their documents stored in cyberspace. one drive, I know this for a fact because I created an Excel worksheet and found that without my explicit consent, because of the way I set up W11, it was stored in One Drive, whether this applies to only MS documents or others is unknown.
the other issues of getting a new computer, is installing all the apps that were on the old computer. some may fail (a fact even in compatibility mode). sometimes the OP downloaded the app from a website that no longer exists but needs to be registered to work.
for me I got W11 VM finally set up on my W10 and will try that, next would be W11 installed on second hard drive on my W10. last would be a cheap laptop.
some had suggested that all that's needed is to modify a line or so in the W10 registry. they say they'll report back on success or failure
