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Windows 11 24H2 goes from “unsupported” to “unbootable” on some older PCs (arstechnica.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (1 child)

IDK, it's a far cry from "dropping support for stuff 14+ years old" to "we're going to coerce you into buying new hardware every other year".

I bought a laptop at the beginning of 2010 and used it until spring of 2021. It was long overdue for replacement by then, so even that wouldn't have been affected by this.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    What made it long overdue for replacement, though?

    Because I bet a mom or pops who only browse facebook could (technically) still use it for five more years*.

    *Though facebook is not the best example because they are constantly bloating their own product.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    For me: I like to play games. It was still fine for games like Dwarf Fortress or Civilization, and it could handle Factorio decently well (enough to launch a rocket, not enough for a megabase, heh).

    For my mom? IDK, I was already pushing it with how long I stayed on Windows 7. I'm not sure that this particular laptop would have been a good hand-me-down in 2021.

    Finally...I have to repeat: I bought the laptop in 2010. I got eleven years out of it for a type of device that most people replace every 2-3 years. Why isn't that good enough for you?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    You're right. 11 years is a good run.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Thank you!

    I was pretty thrilled at how much use I got out of that laptop. I originally picked it up as a companion machine to a desktop, but about a year later, I switched over to using the laptop almost exclusively. I got a docking station and hooked it up to my desktop monitors, and all was well. It did limit the games I could play, but hey, I guess you could call me a "patient gamer".

    I did have to repair it a couple of times -- I replaced both the cooling fan and the hard drive around 2015-2017.

    It was funny, what finally spurred me to start looking for a new machine was a free giveaway of Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam back in 2020. Free game? New computer!

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