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Hi Tox,

Very saddened to hear the news.

Blunt was amongst the first dMw'ers I got to know as I joined, with several evenings every week dedicated to duking it out in various shooters. He was also a big part of what made the LAN's a great experience for me, with quickfire wit and pints as his weapons of choice.

He will be missed.

What amazes me is Forbes and their continuing FUD campaign. They launched this as "news" today, when the end of support date has been known for years. To illustrate; The Verge, who over the years have proven themselves to be more of a geek culture publication rather than a knowledgeable tech news source (the build video, anyone?), ran the story in 2021.

By October 2025 most people should have been able to plan and execute a migration from Win10 to 11.

Unlike the Windows 7 to 10 migration, there are no real reasons to stay behind. The telemetry is the same, the ad pushing is the same, everything except a minor design change is more or less the same, except one thing: Security.
Windows 11 is by far a more secure platform than Windows 10, due to enhanced TPM requirements and the ability for better memory protection (although if you're a PUBG player, PUBG anticheat turns memory protection off without even asking, by installing a driver that crashes so many times the OS disables it to be able to boot. MS should blacklist that crap).

What does this mean for the average gamer? Well, for some it may be time for a rig upgrade. If you have a trusty old i7 Haswell (4770), there hasn't been a truly compelling reason to upgrade unless you want to play the latest AAA titles. Even for MW2 it does great, being able to push high to ultra settings in 1080p with what was back then the high-end graphics cards.
By 2025 the youngest non-supported systems will be eight years old, and due for a bit of maintenance and attention. If you're tight on cash, the used market will be a good place to start. By then I'm sure 8th gen Core or the equivalent Ryzen can be had for the price of a few pints on eBay (then again, as most of you are UK based where some quick research shows the used/refurb market is almost as expensive as brand new gear is in Europe...). Somewhere, somehow, you'll be able to get a second hand motherboard, CPU and RAM to get your rig up to supported spec.

Of course, some people, perhaps even some of you, will cling on to Windows 10 out of some sort of misguided sentimentality. Probably the same ones who were never going to upgrade from Windows XP, and then again were never gonna give up Windows 7.
Some people still have a horse pulling the plough.

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Why did the non-binary prospector move to California in 1849?

Because there was gold in them/their hills.

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The past, present and future walk into a bar. It was tense.

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Congratulations on the ding!

The best thing about a pun is the pain you cause others :devil:

Talks at the National Bowling Association have broken down.

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They're heading towards a strike.

In accordance with internal policy of never ****ing off the new management before you absolutely have to:
A tentative welcome to our new under-overlords? :whistle::narnar:

That is a fantastic price (unless they're beaten to hell and smell of cat pee). For £44, I'd say you stole them!
Moderately used, they're worth 2-3 times that.

That is often the way to go. Go for used audiophile gear, then add a mod mike

Downloaded the client this weekend to keep my home office toasty (since mining is dead), and that 3080ti is rocketing me up the board

I've started writing this sentence five times now, and I can't come up with anything that conveys my feelings better than what Whitey said (:ranting2:). Thanks Pen and TL!
Also thanks to the aforementioned Whitey, who along with Smilo and OldBloke have been pottering around the garden shed making sure stuff was working when we needed it.
(We still need you to keep doing it, so no resting on these laurels!)

Hope to still see you all at the LAN's, perhaps even more now that you can enjoy instead of work!

Double room booked, form complete, arriving wednesday for the fun and games.

Now, to find an airline that will actually take me there...