• @elephantium
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    1010 months ago

    IDK, it’s a far cry from “dropping support for stuff 14+ years old” to “we’re going to coerce you into buying new hardware every other year”.

    I bought a laptop at the beginning of 2010 and used it until spring of 2021. It was long overdue for replacement by then, so even that wouldn’t have been affected by this.

    • @laughterlaughter
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      -210 months ago

      What made it long overdue for replacement, though?

      Because I bet a mom or pops who only browse facebook could (technically) still use it for five more years*.

      *Though facebook is not the best example because they are constantly bloating their own product.

      • @elephantium
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        310 months ago

        For me: I like to play games. It was still fine for games like Dwarf Fortress or Civilization, and it could handle Factorio decently well (enough to launch a rocket, not enough for a megabase, heh).

        For my mom? IDK, I was already pushing it with how long I stayed on Windows 7. I’m not sure that this particular laptop would have been a good hand-me-down in 2021.

        Finally…I have to repeat: I bought the laptop in 2010. I got eleven years out of it for a type of device that most people replace every 2-3 years. Why isn’t that good enough for you?

          • @elephantium
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            110 months ago

            Thank you!

            I was pretty thrilled at how much use I got out of that laptop. I originally picked it up as a companion machine to a desktop, but about a year later, I switched over to using the laptop almost exclusively. I got a docking station and hooked it up to my desktop monitors, and all was well. It did limit the games I could play, but hey, I guess you could call me a “patient gamer”.

            I did have to repair it a couple of times – I replaced both the cooling fan and the hard drive around 2015-2017.

            It was funny, what finally spurred me to start looking for a new machine was a free giveaway of Total War: Shogun 2 on Steam back in 2020. Free game? New computer!