Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap
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As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility

Analysts have warned Windows 10 end of life plans could spark a global torrent of e-waste, with millions of devices expected to be scrapped in the coming years. 

Research from Canalys shows that up to 240 million PCs globally could be terminated as a result of the shift over to Windows 11, raising critical questions about device refreshes and the responsibility of vendors to extend life cycles.

    • Quokka@quokk.auEnglish
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      9 months ago

      What?

      Minimum system requirements for installing Windows 11 on a PC mean users must have a processor of at least 1 GHz or faster along with a minimum of 4GB RAM. Storage requirements are also set to a minimum of 64G

      Like you can’t exactly blame MS for people still using old arse components.

      Likewise if people wanted they could keep using windows 10 or switch to a Linux distro to keep the machines running.

      • MagicShel@programming.dev
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        9 months ago

        I think it’s mainly businesses and not users who will keep using it without support.

        As for the other I switched to Linux, but I can’t seem to keep it running. I currently have no computer until I get another distro onto a bootable USB. Fortunately my /home partition seems fine but my root partition broke. It would start in recovery mode but not otherwise. Tried fixing it and now it’s broke worse.

        I’m a very technical person. Expecting people to move to Linux because they don’t want or have TPM2.0 is not going to work.

        • lameJake@feddit.de
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          9 months ago

          It would because they don’t do stupid things with their PC unlike technical people like you and me. My dad has a laptop running Linux for years now and it never broke because he doesn’t mess with it.