Linus Torvalds sees “zero real reason for anybody to waste one second” on them.

I didn’t know whether to mark this NSFW or not but it’s time to buy a new computer if you haven’t upgraded in multiple decades.

  • moody@lemmings.world
    93·
    16 days ago

    I’m kind of shocked that it’s only been 18 years since the last 486 chip was made. It was launched in 1989 and discontinued in 2008, while the original Pentium was launched in 1993 and discontinued in 1999. Hell, the Pentium 4 was discontinued in 2007.

    • Vopyr@lemmy.world
      32·
      16 days ago

      It’s quite incredible, and very interesting. I wonder why they continued to produce these CPUs.

        • mriswith@lemmy.worldEnglish
          9·
          16 days ago

          Yeah, the amount of industrial machinery being controlled by ancient hardware would baffle a lot of people.

          For a comparison people might relate to: There are ATMs running twenty year old versions of Windows XP.

      • signofzeta@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
        1·
        12 days ago

        Processors of that age still exist in special builds, like tougher ones for automotive use with lots of heat and vibration, or radiation-hardened ones for space use where you can’t dispatch a technician. But for consumers use, they’re long dead.

      • xohshoo@lemmy.world
        5·
        15 days ago

        Time is weird. A few years ago, I would have agreed. Now I feel that everything from March 2020 to now was just yesterday, and everything before covid is ancient history