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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 1 month ago

CPUs from around 2005 onward are all perfectly usable IMO for the purposes of x86 desktops. As long as it's got x86_64, SSE4 and at least two available threads. I would even wager that Pentium 4 hyperthreaded models (Wolfdale?) are still acceptable if we're really pushing it.