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This Sun UNIX Workstation from 2005 might be the oldest possible PC that can run Windows 11.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 14 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

it serves as a floor level for tech support. can't expect tech support people (especially one outsourced to india) to know about troubleshooting windows 11 on 40 year old american hardware

[–] da_hooman_husky@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I’m gonna take it that this content is aimed at the kind of people who would buy the higher end model MacBook Pro in 2009 so their facebook would “run better”

[–] blindsight@beehaw.org 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They need a bigger screen, too. The Ask! bar, Yahoo bar, Google bar, Bing bar, and browser search bar take up so much space.

[–] da_hooman_husky@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago

Good gravy, I completely forgot about all the browser bars... "Why is my computer running so slow? The genius bar told me to buy a new one.."

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