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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)

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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 11 months ago

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

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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago

10 has only been superseded quite recently, 2025 seems like a very short deadline.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 11 months ago

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

[-] JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

True, but that 10 years is irrelevant when you consider the other factors at play here, such as the enforced minimum requirements for Windows 11 and the relatively short time for users to migrate, especially compared to previously with Microsoft. Windows 10 came out in 2015, and users had until 2023 (8 years) to migrate from Windows 8, and until 2019 (4 years) to migrate from Windows 7.

[-] randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

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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[-] MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 4 points 11 months ago

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

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[-] Aggravationstation@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

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

[-] bruhduh@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Or upgrade to OS that gaben chosen

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