I have a shiny new desktop computer now and given what I do, I cannot tell the difference. (Even for stats, old desktop is fine for my size datasets and if I wanted to do big data stuff, there are cluster resources available.) As far as I am concerned=desktop is mostly writing.
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So just chatted with someone from the IT team and he says that many big vendors have proprietary parts—power supplies, for example, with non-standard pinouts—and then charge an arm-and-a-leg to replace them on older models, effectively forcing an upgrade.
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a system is only as strong as the weakest link in the network
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Probably (I buy new ones annually, for reasons), but I’d guess it has more to do with the loss of OS vendor or hardware OEM support for the hardware & its drivers.
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I will say that having done deskside support for years, I’d much rather inconvenience someone within their schedule with a new machine than to have to deal with a frantic customer whose power supply or hard drive failed catastrophically on their ancient machine.
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*chuckles sadly in non-profit employee*
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never had a work desktop, only laptops, usually with like 3-4 year cycle (too short these days I guess), but let me just buy it for cheap after the replacement, so I'm not complaining
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Security updates are a big reason though...
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Yes, this. E.G., Spectre, Meltdown, Intel Management Engine... there are many concerns below the OS, and old hardware often doesn't get updates.
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You are expected to comply with the consumerism, keep the flow running one way or another
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