this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2026
271 points (95.6% liked)
Technology
79233 readers
2084 users here now
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Our Rules
- Follow the lemmy.world rules.
- Only tech related news or articles.
- Be excellent to each other!
- Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
- Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
- Politics threads may be removed.
- No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
- Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
- Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
- Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.
Approved Bots
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
like this is anecdotal but most of my family has PC's that are getting a bit long in the tooth but they still use it just fine for all the basic internet shit they do. Alot of folks would rather check their banking or emails on a bigger screen. My mom's computer for example is almost 10 years old, if I throw Linux on it she's good till the thing just up and dies.
She asked about buying a new PC this year and I just laughed and said "no, you enjoy having a roof over your head right?"
Yeah, my mom asked me for suggestions on a new computer since hers couldn't do win11, so I just threw mint on it. She had no trouble making the switch.