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Comment by Grey Gra on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 9, 2025 12:58 AM)
After 40 years of happy Microsoft computing I upgraded to Windows 11 and found that it is the best thing Microsoft has done to send users to Apple. I ...
Comment by Manfred King on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 9, 2025 12:22 AM)
One thing I learned many years ago is; Once a product is off the drawing board, it is obsolete. It is in manufacturing and sales and the engineers ar...
Comment by EricN on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 11:08 PM)
I actually started using Linux Mint years ago, have also found MX Linux good for home users, but have now got Winux, which is really good for end user...
Comment by MartinW on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 08:37 PM)
My working computers qualify in several of the things you mentioned. Add in that one desperately searches for and shifts between two network adapters ...
Comment by Ken H on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 08:13 PM)
All good here running Win11 on my NUC 11TNBi7. Not planning to upgrade any time soon, if ever. ...
Comment by Steven Latus on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 07:26 PM)
If using Windows 10, consider opting for the ESU (Extended Security Updates) program, which should soon be offered to you along with the regular Windo...
Comment by Louie on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 06:13 PM)
Not counting Win 10 EOL, assuming your current hardware is not supported my rule has always been if your PC does what you need it to do and works nice...
Comment by Bob on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 06:05 PM)
Your list was funny, but not helpful. A serious answer to that question would be helpful....
Comment by Ron Mullard on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 05:58 PM)
Not wanting to be held to ransom by Microsoft (so to speak)I have already installed linux os on hard drives ready for changing over when support stops...
Comment by Keith Freeman on 17 Signs Your PC May Be Obsolete (September 8, 2025 05:51 PM)
Best advice for many of the problems you list (not all) is to investigate LINUX. It has a reputation of being only for techies - but it isn't! It's fr...
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