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[–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My father in law has Windows 7 machines that he uses for scientific work that he refuses to update. His solution is to prevent them from connecting to the internet. Unfortunately not willing to try modern Linux.

[–] ShepherdPie@midwest.social 6 points 8 months ago

That's a valid use case though. At my work we had machines running XP up until a couple years ago because they were purpose built and weren't connected to the internet. There was no reason to upgrade until the entire tool was upgraded.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (53 children)

just use linux instead.

why are people allergic to ~~windows~~ linux?

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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Yes. But to be fair they would have ended up there anyway.

[–] Demuniac@lemmy.world 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'd guess that's sooner than needed and that means more waste

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago

I've got a computer with a copy of XP on it that still runs. Not connected to the Internet anymore, but it still functions as a computer otherwise.

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