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[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 4 points 2 years ago (5 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@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 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

[–] Snowpix@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

The restaurant I work at still uses Windows XP on one of its main tills. It breaks down and freezes constantly.

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