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ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago

As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10, millions of users won’t

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As Microsoft bids farewell to Windows 10, millions of users won’t

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ryujin470@fedia.io to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year ago
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You can still get an extra year of security updates, though
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    It does however mean that you can get a lot of used computers really really cheap right now

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      Companies are discarding pallets of them. Massive waste.

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        We need to rescue them

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      Any recommendation for specific models to look out for?

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        My wife got a used corpo laptop for under $100

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          Congrats, thats nice

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      Might be good to get em before all the tarrifs make computing more expensive. At least in the US.

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