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I sure hope this isn't the start of the phone-ification of 'real computers', with the expectation that people buy new hardware every few years lest they get lef
by slipframe 5y ago
I sure hope this isn't the start of the phone-ification of 'real computers', with the expectation that people buy new hardware every few years lest they get left out in the cold by software vendors.
- tyingq 5y agoSeems to be the case. There are laptops manufactured 2-3 years ago using 7th gen Intel, which isn't making the cut. Maybe MS will back off after all the corporate IT people start bitching about their laptops.
- sgt 5y agoCorporates usually replace hardware every 3-4 years don't they? We do as well, but since we're using Macs they last so friggin long that some folks are still on 2016 MacBook Pro's. I badly want the new M1 ;)
- bombcar 5y agoLaptops might be cycled that often but ah guarantee you many other machines are much MUCH older.
- tyingq 5y ago>Corporates usually replace hardware every 3-4 years don't they? Yes and no. 3-4 years from when the person got it maybe, which is usually not the manufacture date. And, it's one of those budget items that tends to get pushed out when there's a financial crisis, like now for many Covid affected businesses. I work for a F500, and my laptop was made in 2018, and is a 6th gen Intel.
- slipframe 5y ago> Corporates usually replace hardware every 3-4 years don't they? At the companies I've worked for the programmers generally get new hardware about as often ...but other workers not so much. They are more likely to get the hand-me-down hardware.
- xwolfi 5y agoWow what a good corporation. We rolled windows 10 last month, hardware changes are very rare, maybe every 10 years. Usually done on a rolling when needed basis.
- xarope 5y agoCorporates are constrained by application dependencies (not OS), and will likely be the last to adopt Win11 (given how long it took to migrate off win7 to win10 the last round).
- le-mark 5y agoI for one still have a win 7 desktop at a big dumb corp (f500). So yeah.
- macintux 5y agoAt the Fortune 500 company where I contract, Big Sur is finally almost ready to be certified for use.
- d3nj4l 5y agoGod, I wish they got around to that at my place. Having used it on a personal device, I love Big Sur much more than Catalina.
- jakebasile 5y agoThe next version of iOS supports older hardware than the next version of Windows, from what I can tell. My 3 year old top of the line gaming PC won't get Windows 11. It's annoying.
- fartcannon 5y agoHey! Use Linux. Get off the stupid windows train.
- Schnitz 5y agoOn a gaming PC?