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Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts
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this post was submitted on 11 Apr 2024
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As long as you want, assuming that you're fine with the security risks and everything that's rendered incompatible in the future.
I've seen POS systems in local burrito shops still running Windows 7... native, not a VM...
I saw a bottle return machine running Windows 98.
I worked in a company which ran everything down to MS-DOS
Two years ago I quit a company that was using a database (with sensitive user PII like social security numbers in the db) accessible via unencrypted TELNET. Not SSH, TELNET. I'm not fucking shitting you.
I worked there for one week and was like "fuuuuuuuuuuck this" and lied and said I had a better offer and tendered my resignation. I wasn't part of the IT department and I wasn't going to go down for an incompetent IT department.
Yup. Currently working at a company that has machines still running ms-dos due to them being critical and still working fine.
Well they're fine until you can't find replacement parts on Ebay anymore.
To be honest, Windows 7 is best Windows for me but no existing applications can be used on it. So I hope I can use Windows 10 until game compatibility on Linux passes the threshold I'm looking for :)
What threshold are you looking for and when was the last time you tried it? I don't even think about it anymore.
Depending on your game preference it may be already there in some aspects
Basically it depends on the kind of anticheat the game has
if you're running a single instance of a game it's already there. (I multibox so fuck me I guess)
if you're waiting for native support it's a chicken and egg scenario, your best bet is to switch asap and show developers there's a market.