Really depends on the industry I guess…we meet a lot of old XP and Win7 machines when visiting sites. Engineering stations rarely get updated unless the hardwares breaks, and a lot of software used to service the machines/production line from the engineering station often don’t run on a never OS.
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KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months agoAs far as industry goes it’s a bit short
Industry standard is 5-6 years of support. After that, you replace the PC anyway.
DreadPotato@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
sederx@programming.dev 11 months ago
you really dont have to though
KISSmyOS@lemmy.world 11 months ago
In enterprise, you do.
You don’t have to throw it away, just sell it, donate it or use it privately.
sederx@programming.dev 11 months ago
no? if theres no need to upgrade machine you just dont. most enterprise do because that shit is not supported anymore, so if they are internet enabled they dont have much choice.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
“Don’t have to” and “don’t” are different things. I’ve never been in an enterprise environment that kept PCs beyond their 2/3 year service window.