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[–] [email protected] 77 points 1 year ago (25 children)

I really doubt an average Joe would buy a new computer once the old OS goes end-of-life. Joe would just continue using an EOL system and hope everything is alright.

[–] Cannibal_MoshpitV3 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (18 children)

Having worked in tech fields, legacy devices as old as 20 years can pop up occasionally, functioning or not. Once was told a story where this tech was hired to fix a highschool bell system and the whole thing was running on windows 98. This took place in 2015 or so

[–] tpihkal 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The company I work for has no control over the air conditioning in one of our facilities because it's automated and running on a computer system from the 80's. No one knows how it works.

[–] doppelgangmember 1 points 1 year ago

For a price... I could break it for you

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