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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap (www.itpro.com)

submitted 9 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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

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[–] Tangent5280@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I will just go take all 240 million of them out of the garbage.

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

10 has only been superseded quite recently, 2025 seems like a very short deadline.

My computer more than meets the minimum spec for 11, and it's a free upgrade, so I'm not too worried, but it's still a surprise.

[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

10 years of support from release is Microsoft's standard. The very first version of W10 was 1507.

[–] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 5 points 9 months ago

So 240 million potential new Linux devices...? I see this as an absolute win!

[–] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Everyone says "just install Linux" so I challenge all of you to do so. Please pawn it off on a small child who's just getting into computing. Time to pay it forward.

In the eWaste scenario, you can easily get an SSD for 100$ and bring anything back to life. What distro are you giving to your niece/nephew? The best thing you can do is tell them "If you wanna play fortnight, you're gonna have to figure out how to install windows".

Most of them will give up, but a small % of them will figure out how to get windows running on that heap of trash in spite of you giving them Linux and at that point your trash has added real value to the world.

Getting a child to install an OS is magical.

Happy Holidays folks

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[–] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Another way to say this is the master race are about to upgrade their hardware

[–] bruhduh@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Or upgrade to OS that gaben chosen

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[–] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Hyperbolic bullshit. Incompatibility, my ass.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 3 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Torrent of e-waste? More like torrents of Windows 11

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[–] Maragato@eslemmy.es 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Siempre esta la opcion de usar Linux y mantener activos esos equipos

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

It's like the old 32 bit to 64 bit jump - care will be needed or a competitor might sieze the market as people get disgruntled over the cost of upgrading.

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