Subj : Re: 2017/2018 PC to modernize it.
To   : Matthew Munson
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Nov 01 2022 16:11:44

 MM> -> Why buy an Operating System that cannot operate your computer?  It seem
 MM> -> pretty dismal failure on Microsoft's part, to not be able to make relat
 MM> -> recent computers operate.  
 MM> -> 
 MM> I want to play Final Fantasy 14. I think not supporting ryzen 1st gen
 MM> was a crime against 
 MM> humanity (e-waste).
 MM>  
 MM> --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1

Look into whether Wine or Proton supports it.  Linux support for games has come a long long way.  It used to be that if you wanted to play anything that didn't have a Linux port, or wasn't some old basic, non-complex Windows program, you were out of luck.  But now you can get many games running under Linux.

In terms of the e-waste, and the crime, I agree.  It is a terrible crime against the planet's ecosystem to do this as it *will* result in more waste, and that waste ends up poisoning us in the near future.  Both the acquisition of, and disposal/recycling  (if it gets recycled at all) generates long term toxic waste.

In the end, I decided that my responsibility to future generations, and the choices *I* choose to make, are more important than some video games.  Corporations have no responsibility or conscious, despite their claims.  We individuals have to act as the better people and turn our backs on them.

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