Yeah just who exactly out there can you go to, to simply ‘trade in’ a computer? It’s not like a car where you trade in a car for another car.
I don’t really see an awful lot of computer trade-in programs, they aren’t just going to give you a beefy PC with Windows 11 on it for a computer you’ve ran a good 5 or more some odd years with Windows 10.
While I agree this is a shit thing to do, I am looking forward to the influx of cheap hardware.
Goodbye Windows, Hello Linux
I love how in a world where we banned straws we are somehow OK with Microsoft pushing people to recycle their old but otherwise adequate system for what, to the vast majority of people, are some paper thin security advantages.
Anybody who asks me about Windows 10’s EOL date will be introduced to the option of using Linux before i’ll help them select a replacement system. Especially if they literally only use a browser there really is no reason to go through hoops or spend money to stick with Windows.
this is literally E-waste
Reminds me what Spotify did with the Spotify car thingJust switched to Linux Mint. So worth it
“Trade it in or recycle it” basically means “your best bet to solve this problem is to pass it on to someone else, who will pass it on to someone else, and so on until it arrives at landfill”.
This is incredibly infuriating and I’d honestly consider it ecoterrorism and abusive.
Glad those tariffs hit just in time
Im so glad I fully switched to Linux a year ago. Never going back to Windows.
Use Linux. And dont listen to zealts who say its not a viable option. Its actually way ahead than Windows or Macos
Well at least the second hand laptop market will be flooded by the companies deciding to upgrade to newer laptops for Win11, so a small upside.
Trade it in to who? Who’s buying PCs that can’t be used? I mean there’s the retro market, but AFAIK they aren’t buying anything after Windows XP.
They just try to force people to buy another PC and so many “computer ignorant” people will…poor old ladies who click on the ads…
The ONLY thing I still apparently need Windows for is running OPL Manager and HDL Batch Installer for my Playstation 2 hard drives. Can anyone point me in a direction of Linux alternatives? I managed to get WinHiip running in Wine, but it can’t see the PS2 HDD from Wine. Pretty sure I need something that runs native, and for the life of me I cannot find anything. Which is really surprising to me.
