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

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[-] ultra@feddit.ro 15 points 10 months ago

Fucking M$ being M$

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 11 points 10 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.

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago

CPU's 6 years and older are not supported. That isn't old. I was using a 6 year old CPU perfectly happily until this year.

I also don't have a TPM module so I am still unsupported anyway.

[-] Hyperreality@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago
[-] TigrisMorte@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

So an unsupported work around. cool, cool

[-] BirdyBoogleBop@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

True I can do that but most people won't. I am not expecting my less tech savvy friends to even try if they even do know about this workaround.

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