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Windows 11 just isn't enticing Windows 10 users to upgrade, and its market share is actually falling (www.pcgamer.com)

submitted 6 months ago by ylai@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] iopq@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I upgraded to 10 and my old laptop with a hard drive became unusable. I got multiple years of Linux from it instead of trashing it.

[–] BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, modern Windows and HDDs don't mix well. I refurbished multiple laptops and each time just throwing in a cheap SSD (and cleaning the cooler + sometimes reapplying thermal paste) would breathe new life into them.

[–] snownyte@kbin.social 2 points 6 months ago

That's why I scope out for old laptops from time to time. It's pointless to hope for it to run today's Windows OSes. But to write it off as completely useless is stupid when you can throw any desired Linux distro on it.

Though I have noticed that Ubuntu does get harder to run on old laptops.