▲ 351 ▼ Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com) submitted 2 years ago by trespasser69@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 162 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] trespasser69@lemmy.world [S] 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) 240 millions PC will become e-waste if Win10 reaches EoL permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) EoL doesn't mean it will stop completely; people will probably keep using it till they can't anymore, like pc becoming too slow or their home banking site not working. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I've got an Asus eeePC running WinXP. It's air-gapped and the wi-fi is disabled in BIOS. All it does is play music, connected to dumb speakers. I update the music periodically via USB. Remarkably reliable and long-lived hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Realistically it will live for as long as Google Chrome still works and sites don't start getting picky about TLS 1.3. permalink fedilink source parent [–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 12 points 2 years ago Sounds like homelabber paradise is headed for eBay permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 21 points 2 years ago (2 children) EoL doesn't mean it will stop completely; people will probably keep using it till they can't anymore, like pc becoming too slow or their home banking site not working. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I've got an Asus eeePC running WinXP. It's air-gapped and the wi-fi is disabled in BIOS. All it does is play music, connected to dumb speakers. I update the music periodically via USB. Remarkably reliable and long-lived hardware. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Realistically it will live for as long as Google Chrome still works and sites don't start getting picky about TLS 1.3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] r_deckard@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago I've got an Asus eeePC running WinXP. It's air-gapped and the wi-fi is disabled in BIOS. All it does is play music, connected to dumb speakers. I update the music periodically via USB. Remarkably reliable and long-lived hardware. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago Realistically it will live for as long as Google Chrome still works and sites don't start getting picky about TLS 1.3. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] VonReposti@feddit.dk 12 points 2 years ago Sounds like homelabber paradise is headed for eBay permalink fedilink source parent