People thinking Stallman is a jerk doesn't excuse you.  You are
responsible for your actions, as Stallman is for his.  The reason you
seem disrespectful is because you expressed several assumption that all
people here are ignorant.  You did it even in your first post, before
actually hearing anyone's opinion on the issue.  This isn't constructive
in way, so it only servers to insult people.

I agree with you that the predominant hardware companies are unethical
and should not be supported.  I agree with you on all the issues you
listed that result from the unethical behavior of those companies:
Patents, planned obsolescence, non-compatible batteries, anti-features,
secrecy on how hardware works, etc.  These are typical harmful ploys
used by such companies against us for their gain, and are obvious
reasons why we should fight back.

I DO agree that it matters what CPU we use.  I just don't agree that my
AMD CPU is significantly slower with free software, or that this is the
most important issue here.  Wherever is faster or slower, when I buy a
new computer I'll still want to buy from someone who doesn't strive to
screw us, like Intel and AMD do.

I was thinking of buying a Lemote Yeeloong, which uses a MIPS CPU.  When
the time comes, I'll also consider other computers, such as the those
listed on http://www.qi-hardware.com/.

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