It is not as hard, but requires a device in the middle to send the magic packets from time to time. Using my home desktop like this for years, 10 years ago it was a native feature of my tomato based router back then. Today it is with a small script that sshes into the openwrt router and sends the magic packet to the PC, but very similar in terms of UX.
My solution to the "10 years old PC used as a backup target" was to just donate/sell-off-as-parts the old PC, and replace with a 10 year old laptop, with an external USB enclosure. From 180-200 Watts down to 10-25, but it was not as much fun with two weeks of a rabbit whole digging :)
Never ignore centuries old knowledge, seek to understand it first before trying to use modern methods for agriculture. The article is exactly about the story around understanding why old methods for agriculture worked better than modern ones.
I for one was waiting for a touch screen option as well, but this sounds easier than the AMD part sounded awhile ago. And they will probably add it as an option at some point, their track record for listening to what their users are saying in their forums is awesome so far.
Mentioning this one, just in case, as it is a really nice source of tightly packed info, as well as motivation (for me at least:
https://www.youtube.com/@Kboges
(Doing this for more than 4 months already, happy and leaner :))
Just for completeness - saw this source here first in the comments of another story, earlier this year.