Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techimagemessage-square451fedilinkarrow-up11.33Karrow-down114
arrow-up11.32Karrow-down1image"You should probably just throw it away"poptalk.scrubbles.techScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square451fedilink
minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·1 day ago Trade it in or recycle it with local organizations And what are those organizations expected to install on systems that can’t support Windows 11, Microsoft? What are they expected to install exactly?
minus-squarefossilesque@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours agoI upcycle old tech and put Linux Mint on them. The people I’ve given them to seem pleased as do the charities.
minus-squareScrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI mean, I’ll always take a cheap Linux box…
minus-squarecley_faye@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 hours agoYeah, we all know that, but MS being the main force driving this is kinda nuts tho.
minus-squarefishy@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoA lot of components are scavenged for repairs. You’d be surprised how many POS systems run on XP still.
And what are those organizations expected to install on systems that can’t support Windows 11, Microsoft? What are they expected to install exactly?
I upcycle old tech and put Linux Mint on them. The people I’ve given them to seem pleased as do the charities.
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I mean, I’ll always take a cheap Linux box…
Yeah, we all know that, but MS being the main force driving this is kinda nuts tho.
A lot of components are scavenged for repairs. You’d be surprised how many POS systems run on XP still.