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Microsoft ending support for Windows 10 could send 240 million PCs to landfills: Report - CNA (www.channelnewsasia.com)
submitted 11 months ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[โ€“] someguy3 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Consumers will just keep going. But businesses that actually care about security? Yeah it might be a lot. I wonder if they will just toss them or if they'll actually donate them.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Many companies I work with either sell their old workstations for pittance to their employees after we have nuked the drives or donate them to projects that provide laptops to students or refugees who can't afford them.
But many companies lease their hardware nowadays, so those end up to landfill or to companies that refurb them and sell them for profit.