I know what you mean.  Sometimes, though, nonconformity can be done for practical reasons.  It&#x27;s not always about being different for the sake of challenging the status quo.<p>My landlady ran into a problem with her Windows 8 machine.  To fix it required sending it to a PC repair shop and spending the 80 bucks for them to look at it and get it back in working order.  She ended up being without her machine for a few days.<p>Then there&#x27;s me.  When Windows Update bricked my Windows 8 machine, I checked my options (and my bank balance).  Couldn&#x27;t afford the PC tech.  So I grabbed a Linux Mint DVD I had handy, salvaged the files I wanted to keep, and replaced the operating system.  I was without my machine for less than 24 hours.<p>Sometimes, the &quot;nonconformist&quot; choice IS the path of least resistance.