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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap (www.itpro.com)

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Windows 10 end of life could prompt torrent of e-waste as 240 million devices set for scrapheap::As Windows 10 end of life approaches, analysts are concerned that millions of devices will be scrapped due to incompatibility

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[–] pixelscience@sh.itjust.works 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

All these machines will continue to run, so if they're not going to upgrade to win 11 and buy a new machine then what does it matter. They'll just use a win 10 machine with no updates forever. Security concerns aside obviously.

[–] TheBob@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's corporations. Mine is currently replacing like 30% of our PCs because they're not Windows 11 ready.

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