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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

same as how it "popped off" when Windows XP got discontinued?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Y’all need to let it go. Linux is already mainstream, they just don’t advertise as much. Or, at all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Windows Vista didn't make many PCs obsolete, though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

when XP was about to stop receiving support in 2014 (and thus becoming obsolete with no upgrade path), people online were all kinds of excited about owners of all those old PCs moving to Linux.