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LibertyGal | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 I always thought Microsoft's business plan was to bloat their operating system and Office so you needed a new computer that came with ...  ...  ...  new MS OS and MS Office.  They forced you to buy new software by making their old software slower and slower, so you had to buy better hardware that came with more of their bloated software.

I don't use MS office any more.  I use Libre Office.  I'd love to get away from MS Windows, but my work software only runs on it.
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Laeserin | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 We use Linux Mint, for the house computer, but it has a dual boot with Windows because of such limitations.
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whoeverlovesDigit | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 CPUs and virtualization tech like wine have gotten far enough I might stop giving windows stuff bare metal access at this point and keep it in virtualization (VMs / compatibility layers)
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Laeserin | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 Planned obsolescence.

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Hestia Hacker | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 You're right, but naw, to heck with that plan! I'm still supporting hardware that just turned 5 years old today. And I'm going to keep supporting it.

Because people shouldn't have to throw their tech in the trash or in that bin that we all have of old things that we'll never use but just can't bring ourselves to throw away because "maybe I'll do something with it someday."

No, my friends. I say it stays in production for as long as humanly possible.