So my (very capable!) IT team at work has kinda forced me to replace my desktop (7 years old, end of lifecycle by policy). I get their reasoning for the policy but it was working just fine as far as I'm concerned! Does your workplace have an end-of-life age for desktops?
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Replying to @zeynep
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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Replying to @rossgrady @zeynep
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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Replying to @rossgrady
yeah sure though we have full backup, I also have a laptop with dock (that's on my treadmill desk!) and I'd have happily sign a "I promise to wait a week when this thing goes kaput!" promise but I get that this doesn't scale. Was just curious especially re:environmental impact.
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Replying to @zeynep
The impact question makes me wonder whether orgs who support Chromebooks have a different timeline, since I'd assume their specs stay pretty consistent over time. But they're also built on the cheap & thus I doubt any of them last even 4-5 years.
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Replying to @rossgrady @zeynep
I remember the brief window in the 90s when we were gonna do "network computers" again thanks to ppl like Oracle. Given everyone's shift to the cloud now, it would seem like the time is ripe for more terminal-like hardware that can be built to last.
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