7 to 9 years is fantastic, but not really that out of the ordinary for this industry as far as I can tell? My 2011 model Lenovo came from the factory with a 20

7 to 9 years is fantastic, but not really that out of the ordinary for this industry as far as I can tell? My 2011 model Lenovo came from the factory with a 2012 copy of Windows 8. Lenovo released BIOS and driver updates to the 2011 machine at the end of 2019 and continue to do so. Windows 8 is EOL in 2023 with free upgrade paths to 8.1 which has a further out EOL date, meaning that the OS is still supported by both companies, as well. Admittedly, however, your Android example is dead-on. Android seems to have always struggled with software updates; I blame version fragmentation along with very cheap (free in most cases) licensing costs, which spur on lower-quality vendors to take on the product.