Comment on Are you prepared for the ramifications of windows 10 EoL?

southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• tal@lemmy.today ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’ll maybe work for a while.

  There’s going to be a point where new Windows software won’t run on Windows 7, though.

  Freezing the OS is one thing, but freezing the application library is another.

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  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Heh, I only keep it for a limited use case. I have backups of the software, so I’m good until win7 won’t run on new hardware.

    No need for any updates when what I use works perfectly for me.

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    • metaStatic@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      music producer?

      I've heard of some buying bulk macbooks and cloning their drives because knowing your workflow is the most important thing.

      Atari Teenage Riot's music is still produced on an Atari ST.

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      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Nah, just particular about how my media is played. I have my media box set up exactly how I like it, and don’t like the available programs on Linux. Every year or two I go and retry things, or try new options though, in case things get to where I want them

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  • derpgon@programming.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Air-gaping applications has become way harder when everyone introduced the cloud-based bullshit. You either lose half the features (due to not being online) or the whole application due to needing to upgrade the license/new OS where the old app doesn’t work, or other bullshit.

    And, sadly, that’s where most people are. Convert half the application to cloud and then deprecate the features in offline mode. And yet it’s cheaper to just do these calculations offline.

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