As a fella who had tried to upgrade Ubuntu installs in place a few times, with less than expected outcomes, I was quite skeptical of the Debian claims.  But too many people had extolled their successful upgrades for me to just dismiss them, so I wanted to give Debian a fair shot.  I was pleasantly surprised with the ease of upgrade.  I'll continue to monitor point updates in my VM and if Debian continues without any hiccups or niggles, I will be downright impressed!  And I'm a little more inclined to believe the claims now!  LOL!

Yup it would definitely tire you out writing on it. 🫣

Despite all that, it's still a lousy writing surface...