Comment on Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
Halcyon@discuss.tchncs.de 5 days ago
Why not? Still using Windows 7 on one of my ThinkPads. It’s a solid system, if you know what your doing and how to use is safely.
gamer@lemm.ee 5 days ago
Such as by disconnecting the ethernet and power cables
Gibibit@lemmy.world 4 days ago
I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a bumper crop of level 10 CVEs in the latest and “greatest” version of Windows 7 that will never get patched. Unless you have one of those special enterprise licenses that they keep updating.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 4 days ago
No one is attacking your system like that, you are not that big of a deal. And if you are, why would you think the new software would not be as vulnerable? Because the vulnerability is not yet listed? Because the backdoors and tricks are not documented?
This mindset always bugged me, its just madness.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
But it sounds cool! Angelina Jolie and Sandra Bullock are waiting for me in my apartment to hack the web!
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
When you get your IT knowledge from the '90s movie Hackers…