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Steam has died its final death on Windows 7 and 8: Nearly a year after Valve ended support, new Steam updates will no longer function on the ancient OSes (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Something that came out last week can be considered ancient in tech terms.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    Windows 7 is 15 years old. If it was a person it would be able to get a learners permit to drive in many states.

    It's also been EOL for over 4 years.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (6 children)

    We don’t call 15 year old cars ancient. Blu rays aren’t ancient. CDs aren’t ancient. Tons of things are 15 years old and fallen out of general use but aren’t considered ancient.

    I’d argue that XP is ancient but not Win7.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Blu rays and CDs are considered ancient. Considering all the storage we have now, something like a CD is close to worthless for almost everyone. Blu rays could have their own niche still, but it's still considered ancient by modern standards. Technology evolves so fast, and it's hard to keep up.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I call shenanigans. Blu rays still make up most of physical sales and that video quality makes up the most consumed resolution.

    I can kinda see the argument for CDs but they are still sold new in big name B&M stores. “Close to worthless” is hyperbole at the very least.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Just because they are still sold doesn't mean that they are not ancient.

    You can still buy, for example, a GT 1030, which, compared to more modern graphics cards, is considered ancient.

    Just because something is still being sold or bought doesn't mean that it's not ancient.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    Cars have an expected lifespan of like 20 years, operating systems don't.

    Windows 7 came out with very early support for efi boot which took explicit effort to get to work. At this point most OEM machines out there don't even support the legacy booting mode. That is ancient by tech standards.

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