“I am far from technically challenged”
“HP that has gone in for service 4 times, had to be system restored 5 times within the past 5 years.”
I would argue, that anyone who buys a pre-packaged HP, or any HP for that matter, would be in the technically challenged category.
I would also argue that anyone who takes their computer in for service would fall into the same boat. You may disagree, and I may be wrong, there are exceptions to every rule, but those two comments, either singularly or combined would lead me to believe that one is very technically challenged.
My son and I build computers that have never had to be “restored” nor have they ever “gone in for service”. Did they change the oil and install new cross-over pipes?
I’ll let your post speak for itself.
You strike me as the digital version of one of those motorheads who spends more time under his car than behind the wheel, and sneers at anyone who doesn’t change his own oil. Some folks have better things to do.