This is another reason to run Linux instead of Windows. (Sadly, much easier said than done in large orgs.) These perfectly good machines will likely be sold of

This is another reason to run Linux instead of Windows. (Sadly, much easier said than done in large orgs.) These perfectly good machines will likely be sold off eBay or similar, and / or go in bulk to poorer countries somewhere in Asia, where they are going to replace yet more ancient machines.