Raising this dead article as Microsoft now delivers extended support pricing details for those who choose not to migrate to the newer version of Windows. The one they were told they’d not ever have to migrate to

  • NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Assuming Microsoft is acting nefarious here, what would there motivation be to lock out older hardware?

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        7 months ago

        Or in future be able to block programs they don’t like or that are modified in a way they don’t like. Or be like android and lock it down so you can’t be admin without losing ability to use applications

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      7 months ago

      They could probably reduce the support needed for drivers that support said older hardware. I would imagine some of those drivers are probably hard to maintain. That’s my guess anyway.