Subj : OS/2
To   : TassieBob
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Sat May 06 2023 16:22:09

  Re: OS/2
  By: TassieBob to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat May 06 2023 06:26 pm

 Ta> This is largely the situation I'm in - I have one PC that can (and does)
 Ta> run Windows-11, and my work laptop runs Windows-11. None of my other
 Ta> machines are capable (well, not officially capable).

Well, thinking about it, I wouldn't mind getting a machine with 32GB of RAM and 6-8TB of NVME storage in 2025 to run Windows 11 on.   :) 

That would be enough of an upgrade from a 4th gen i7 and SATA-3 SSD to sway me...and I'd expect the prices to be relatively reasonable in 2025.

 Ta> I wouldn't be sure about that - it'll probably just mean that Microsoft
 Ta> will offer those corporates support at a price (ie, if you pay the yearly
 Ta> fee, you get security updates for an extra 5 years). I'm pretty sure I've
 Ta> heard of them doing that with previous versions of Windows..

They did both with XP - extended the support horizon, *and* offered custom support for a high-five, low-six figure amount - enough that if you really needed it you could make it work, but not low enough that people would consider it frivolously. That said, they did offer a patch for a 0day after the deadline, which was nice.

With XP, the embedded version received upgrades for a couple of years more. Turns out that with a registry key, regular XP installs would get those patches, too.
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