Until George R.R. Martin gives up his DOS computer, then there’s never an excuse to upgrade so long as the machine you use can perform the actions you ask of it!
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rosswinn@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not trying to be the fifth dentist here, but at some point all devices reach the end of life. While I’m sure it’s possible for you to install Chrome OS Flex, or some other kind of Linux, at some point isn’t it just time to buy a new computer?
IndiBrony@lemmy.world 7 months ago
qisope@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Sure, but by making that decision George also had to accept he can’t install the latest version of Chrome. Maybe George is ok with that, but OP isn’t.
SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I heard without DOS George can’t write another book.
gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Ok, but the only action George needs to perform on it is to not write a book. I don’t even need a computer to do that.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
“At some point” yeah. But that point though… Must not be 8 years
PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 7 months ago
It depends really. If you need to use old software or hardware, then no. I have some automotive tools that don’t need the greatest PC to run and I’d rather not mess up my installation of the software they need to work, so I have an ancient Thinkpad with windows 8 on it that I can boot up and use for diagnostics. I just maxed out the ram and put in an SSD so it runs halfway decent.
PrimalHero@kbin.social 7 months ago
As long as computer works why replace it?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
You need Linux then
PrimalHero@kbin.social 7 months ago
Already have Linux. 😊