I think a feature like this could be applied to gathering mechanics as well. One thing I have wanted to see for a long time is the ability to have a group of worker units, then box-select some trees, and the units will automatically gather only those trees. They will gather surrounding trees if left idle after that, but this means you can queue an order to come after only those trees are gathered. For example, if you wanted to build a wall, but some trees are in the way, you can order units to gather only the trees that are in the way, then queue an order to start building the wall, and that would save you from needing to check back on those units later, or from needing to shift-click on potentially dozens of trees. You could also queue-order multiple patches of trees in a row. For example, you could order units to build a storehouse, and then queue an order to gather a patch of trees with box-select, then queue an order to build another storehouse next to a different forest, and so on. Another example is at the start of the game, for berry gathering, you could use box-select to order your women to gather the starting berries, then queue the order to build farms once those berries have run out. That would save you from needing to shift-click on each and every bush. There are so many other examples that I could probably think of for how this could work, but you get the idea.

Yes, but this one has other issues. For one, the fan is loud. It also heats up if I block the fan outlet (same root cause I guess). Even after opening it up and thorougly cleaning it. Some keys stopped working. The battery is dead. And, worst of all, Vulkan doesnt work on this one . I mean I bought it when Starcraft 2 came out with my first salary. When we thought RTS was forever... Then, well, it wasnt... Until, I came upon 0 AD! Ok, Im digressing. I meant to say, maybe it is best I give my old laptop a dignified end. Its service was admirable.   Like this one?  https://www.amazon.de/KingSpec-Internal-Compatible-Desktop-Laptop/dp/B0B2K51BHH/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?crid=583EK7IRS2QB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.3h15Y7xYyv_hOMXAcXgTt76MeBSSaKk8Kg_5rdjotEMMlXtfoS9mZsZh4Emdx6j01NesKuLfpjgYc18M5l1Ap4fUYgoiwJIRGBp0MM0E12lsqn-7XujyIDEMtkC4zM47RHti4VO8taPVu1wc8qvOHqYNlv9Qg-wASYyTCx1XmxAOqBabi-NlzIfYPGUse9wY1bjDuxMnlHE6ceMyFDPkFA.P9GNpKwVYWtVVjV4eImgZDFi4zbagu6G90wYj8x25Yw&dib_tag=se&keywords=laptop+ssd+1tb&qid=1744753938&sprefix=laptop+ssd+1tb%2Caps%2C187&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9waG9uZV9zZWFyY2hfYXRm&psc=1 But do you suggest to keep Win 10? The end of life is October. Isnt that just delaying the investment on a Win 11 compatible laptop just a bit more?

Ah ok. No Linux Mint works fine with HDD. It is quite similar to Win7 in terms of performance on HDD. Although I think there is less risk in transforming your old Win7 laptop into a Linux Mint instead of changing your wife's laptop. Now that you specified this HDD issue on your wife's laptop, I would clearly suggest swapping the HDD for a SSD (SATA). This is something I did for my wife a while ago, it is not that complicated. And SSD are cheap. You only need to do a clone copy of your wife's HDD.

Both have HDD only. Unfortunately, its HDDs all the way down... Is this a problem to have a Linux Mint only setup?

Either we've misunderstood each other, or your wife's laptop runs on a HDD too.

This is mainly for my wife. For office stuff, I can use my work laptop.

This is not an issue for me at all