[Linux-aus] Inexpensive laptops

[Russell Coker]

On Thursday, 26 October 2023 09:24:09 AEDT Info via linux-aus wrote:
> A read of popular Linux forums shows lots of converts to Linux because their
> machines could not run Windows 10. The same is happening with Windows 11.
> Those old machines usually need only an old rotating rust disk replaced
> with SSD, a much lower hit on the environment when compared to replacing
> the whole machine.

Windows 11 mostly requires secure boot to be enabled, I say mostly because it 
is possible to run without but that's beyond the ability of most users.  That 
makes a huge range of early DDR4 systems incompatible with Windows 11.

> And there are the thousands of corporate machines replaced to accommodate
> Windows. Some have the disk removed and are sold ready for the SSD and
> Linux. Many go into a shredder for recovery of the copper. :(

The company I work for has 4 year support contracts with Dell after which the 
hardware is a candidate for replacement.  So Windows compatibility wasn't 
really an issue as most such hardware had already been replaced.

Of course replacing hundreds of systems just because they are 4yo is even 
worse than replacing ones that don't support the latest version of Windows.

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