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What's the biggest case of planned obsolescence you've dealt with? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Laboratory instruments controlled by shitty software that's somehow tied to a particular version of Windows, and won't work with 11. And, of course, the manufacturer won't update it, because they'd much rather you drop a quarter million on the new model.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You just reminded me I still have an inspection camera which can only work with software that requires Windows XP, last time I used it I had to run it on a virtual machine on my laptop,,, it’s been a few years, I probably don’t have the VM anymore. The camera works perfectly, I wish I’d paid the extra for the one with its own screen.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago*

    A lot of manufacturers just didn't give a rat's ass about 64bit drivers. Those devices are the ones that are usually stuck on Windows XP. That happened well into the Vista era (which already came with a 64bit edition*), it's infuriating.

    *XP also had a 64bit release, but it wasn't widely adopted.

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