Microsoft cuts short support for downgraded Windows Skylake PCs

iTnews ^ | Jan 25 2016 10:00AM (AUS) | Juha Saarinen

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Doesn't bother me. I have a guy who sells offlease PCs...whole or in parts. Lots of Core 2 Duo CPUs and lots of Quad Core if you need them.

I'm typing this on a newly set up Dell Optiplex 760 all loaded up and running Linux Mint. Cost me 75 bucks with 2 large hard drives.

I don't expect to ever buy one of these Fascist inspired CPU machines ever. MS can kiss me arse.

Oh yeah...here's my desktop:

[dhs12345]

Wrong. I have (or my dad has) a computer that was built in 2004 that was deemed obsolete by Apple. I was working with it yesterday. It was deemed obsolete by Apple several years ago and all support stopped.

Likewise with the software and Canvas. This has been a long sad story for me on FR. I have gotten a lot of help from fellow Freepers for how to convert old obsolete files — thank you. Still no luck.

In comparison, my XP based computers including my Dell PC from 2002 is still getting updates even though support is discontinued and my XP computers are still functional. The web browser is an issue but I use Google Chrome and Firefox anyway.

XP — Not bad for a 15 year old OS.

[Enlightened1]

Sounds like Microsoft is getting desperate. Way to win over people Microsoft.