Subj : Re: building PC's
To   : Rob Mccart
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Jun 09 2025 13:31:44

  Re: Re: building PC's
  By: Rob Mccart to ARELOR on Sun Jun 08 2025 01:05 am

 >
 > Eventually the big problem was hardware that can only run up to
 > certain versions of Windows and then you may have a working system
 > but it can't access most web pages or run up to date eMail programs.
 >
 > That's where I am now with my Win7 Laptop. I am pretty much out
 > of browser update options that will still run on it and that's
 > starting to cause problems. The newest browser did its final update
 > in late 2023, which was not bad I guess for a system built in 2011.
 >
 > Eventually I'll have to break down and start using an ASUS Laptop
 > I got a couple of years ago which is ready for a free upgrade to
 > Windows 11 once I get to it. But when you've used a computer for
 > 10 or 15 years it's a bit of a shock to start over with a new one.

That sounds to me more like a Windows problem than a "general" problem, to be honest.

I could keep upgrading the software on my lameass workstations prety much indefinitely just by upgrading their Linux/BSD versions. These days you don't even need to recompile your kernel as it used to be the case. Things only break appart if you are using an old Nvidia card (because their drivers are tailored to specific graphics compositors and kernel versions, so upgrading them past certain age gets difficult) or once your new things require more resources than the old machine can provide.

We used to run computers from 2004 in office until very recently. They all ran the most recent version of their OS.

BTW keep those Win 7 machines in good condition. They are golden for retrogaming because Windows 7 can deal with lots of Windows 95/98 games without abusing library wrappers.


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