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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap (www.itpro.com)

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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap::As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

10 has only been superseded quite recently, 2025 seems like a very short deadline.

My computer more than meets the minimum spec for 11, and it's a free upgrade, so I'm not too worried, but it's still a surprise.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Torrent of e-waste? More like torrents of Windows 11

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This one is best for gaming: Windows 11 Gaming Edition

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[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Everyone says "just install Linux" so I challenge all of you to do so. Please pawn it off on a small child who's just getting into computing. Time to pay it forward.

In the eWaste scenario, you can easily get an SSD for 100$ and bring anything back to life. What distro are you giving to your niece/nephew? The best thing you can do is tell them "If you wanna play fortnight, you're gonna have to figure out how to install windows".

Most of them will give up, but a small % of them will figure out how to get windows running on that heap of trash in spite of you giving them Linux and at that point your trash has added real value to the world.

Getting a child to install an OS is magical.

Happy Holidays folks

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[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's like the old 32 bit to 64 bit jump - care will be needed or a competitor might sieze the market as people get disgruntled over the cost of upgrading.

[–] Zanz@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There never was really a 32-bit to 64-bit jump, there wasn't really one from 16 to 32 either. When does adoption from both happened fairly far after the CPUs were common and backwards compatibility with x86 was why it never was an issue unless you tried to run beta software or had NVIDIA chipset drivers early on.

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[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Hyperbolic bullshit. Incompatibility, my ass.

[–] Maragato@eslemmy.es 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Siempre esta la opcion de usar Linux y mantener activos esos equipos

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