> so I had to settle with getting it with Windows (and 32GB RAM) and setting up the dual-boot myself I've noticed many laptops that come with a Windows install

> so I had to settle with getting it with Windows (and 32GB RAM) and setting up the dual-boot myself I've noticed many laptops that come with a Windows installation often have a separate recovery partition (about 4-5gb in size, which is about the size of a Windows ISO) that is used to 'factory reset' the device. If you have one, you should be able to safely clear the Windows partition, reformat it, and install Linux. When the time to resell the thing comes, you simply reinstall the OG system from this recovery image and get the OS in 'mint' (yet heavily outdated) condition. No bloatware lost! :)