fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1284arrow-down19
arrow-up1275arrow-down1external-linkStill booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computerswww.bbc.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square64fedilink
minus-squarehperrin@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·14 hours ago“Stuck” Imagine being stuck using something that works for 30 years.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·14 hours agoRight? If it still works then it still works. If the article was talking about anything other than tech/software, we’d be praising its longevity.
minus-squareByteJunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·12 hours agoIt really depends what its used for. Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.
minus-squareDamage@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·11 hours agoI mean, you could read the article. Many users are unhappy with the performance or reliability.
minus-squareNenutzerbame@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 hours agoAnd now you got a virus and it doesn’t work anymore.
“Stuck”
Imagine being stuck using something that works for 30 years.
Right? If it still works then it still works.
If the article was talking about anything other than tech/software, we’d be praising its longevity.
It really depends what its used for.
Anything that is public facing would never work without constant maintenance and upgrades, be it a computer OS or some complex piece of hardware.
I mean, you could read the article. Many users are unhappy with the performance or reliability.
And now you got a virus and it doesn’t work anymore.