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Windows 10 gets three more years of security updates, if you can afford them::Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

After that, you replace the PC anyway.

you really dont have to though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

In enterprise, you generally do.
You don't have to throw it away, just sell it, donate it or use it privately.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

no? if theres no need to upgrade machine you just dont. most enterprise do because that shit is not supported anymore, so if they are internet enabled they dont have much choice.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

“Don’t have to” and “don’t” are different things. I’ve never been in an enterprise environment that kept PCs much beyond their 2/3 year service window.

In fact, they messed up and got consumer hardware once. They EOLd the devices at 6 months when they realized they only got a month of support.