Anyone else hoarding Windows 7 compatible hardware? I figure if I live for another 30 years I'll need at least 5 PCs to see me through.
Anyone else hoarding Windows 7 compatible hardware...
Camden Hughes
Bentley Sanders
interesting, but this also means that you won't be able to upgrade software or hardware for 30 years
so they will never make anything new, much better than windows 10 in the future? it doesn't have to be microsoft, you know
Gavin Price
The hoops people will jump through just to avoid installing Mint are truly incredible.
David Allen
CRINGE!
Joseph Roberts
why not Linux compatible?
Cameron Howard
Yes, I too spend money to buy and store rapidly depreciating assets.
Connor Jackson
shitty times are coming in terms of tech
Benjamin Rogers
Why? Windows 7 was shit.
Anthony Carter
which Windows is better?
must be Windows because comparing it to Linux makes no sense for they serve different purposes
Kayden Martinez
install gentoo
Parker Campbell
At least Bitcoin blockchain will be more secure thanks to your (unintended) mining efforts.
Adrian Peterson
This is epic autism.
Lincoln Allen
>windows and linux serves different purposes
Says the Microsoft fanboy shit for brains.
Also the only semi-good version of Windows was 2000. It was shit before 2k and shit after 2k. Now that 2k is no longer viable to use, Windows is garbage and should be thrown in the trash.
Isaac Kelly
After a certain amount of time the value of everything rises. It's simple - the more rare the thing is, the more it costs.
Nicholas Hall
economics 101
Justin Powell
This is also probably the best time to purchase Windows 7 era components as businesses liquidate / recycle their old machines. There's currently a glut of components.
Noah Wright
Just use Linux with a Windows 7 VM.
Jeremiah Reyes
Which Intel cpu generation stopped supporting Win 7?
Kayden Cook
meh, if windows cant get its shit together by the time I want to upgrade motherboard, or software fully abandons win7, i'll set up linux and vm windows 7 through it.
Ryan Cook
I'm archiving software and hardware. Drivers for everything I have and XP/7 era programs. Also archiving standalone redistributes for .NETFramework, DX9, C++, VB runtimes, ... anything I need to get my legacy machines fully operational from a bare metal state. Also recreating every application I use in a portable version where possible, both x32 and x64 bit versions. You never know when some program you rely on will disappear, or will cease to work because M$ says 'fuck you, legacy users'. I have seen it happen before. WinXp/7 Renegades UNITE!
Ethan Walker
Based.
Eli Myers
Based. Please upload your stuff and share it.
Brody Roberts
Seven generation.
Parker Watson
There are Z390 USB drivers, so probably when 10nm comes.
Anthony James
I currently don't have any software that isn't still available on-line, with the exception of some REALLY old hardware, and really niche software. For example, some exotic hardware drivers and associated applications, like a 'SmartMedia' card reader only oldfags will remember, and things like that. I am happy to upload somewhere for posterity. I have some really weird shit too like a USB Muti-I/0 adapter, which is a small box that has a parallel port, serial port, PS/2+mouse port, as well as 4 USB ports. I neglected to mention earlier, my archives include Win98 and DOS era hardware and software. We are fortunate today. I remember when one needed to configure jumpers for various hardware, and create/modify autoexec+config.sys files before things would work. Good times, if you didn't mind pulling your hair out once in a while.
Kayden Kelly
>'SmartMedia' card reader
Do you mean a specific model of SmartMedia card reader? I still use the ES-1 which uses those cards.
Justin Sanchez
this big guy right here
Austin Phillips
Idk what you're tripping about. Some autist will write a Windows 7 compatible ACPI driver for newer platforms well into the future. Shit, someone even got Windows XP running on Ryzen.
win-raid.com
Carter Evans
No, I upgraded to gentoo
Joshua Bell
Thanks
Robert Morales
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Brayden Butler
LTSB is fine. None of the bloat of consumer versions. I upgraded from Windows 7 earlier in the year. No problems at all.
Nathaniel Powell
No, while I do plan on running my current Windows 7 PC into the ground and using it long past it getting updates. When the hardware itself fails and I build a new rig I'm installing Gentoo.
Anthony Morgan
You know that win 7 still works on modern hardware? Only way it doesn't work if your BIOS oem is a jew that locked out Legacy
Isaiah Rivera
The only issue is UEFI class 3 which vga.sys basic video driver doesn't support.
You can bypass it by loading the correct driver right away and disabling vga.sys
reboot.pro
Michael Lewis
Windows 7 is a piece of shit it can't even display emojis. Win 10 is unironically the best OS out right now.
Colton James
>chooses his OS based on emoji support
I do not want to judge you, but i find this very sad.
Samuel Baker
I still think Windows 7 is the best operating system, in terms of polish and usability. The Budgie desktop environment is really really close to Windows 7, but it's still a little clunky whilst Windows 7 is just perfection.
Bentley Sullivan
wait until someone gets win7 running on ryzen 3, or just stockpile a bunch of ryzen 2s
Justin Watson
Windows 10 isn't an operating system, it's malware.