[KellyCriterion]

> always been “reduce, reuse, recycle” in that order

my dev machine for boring CRUD apps is from 2011 :-D

the only thing I upgraded was RAM and a SSD - its a 4x 3Ghz board; it works quite well despite the fact that its 15 years old :)

(honestly, the only thing why I do not switch is because of reinstallig the whole setup)

[edoceo]

Re-install? Just set the bootloader, and rsync the stuff over?

[KellyCriterion]

Not sure: Its a Windows machine? :-D

[pabs3]

With Linux you could probably just move the drives over and it would work.

[hulitu]

Probably.

[KellyCriterion]

I could try but then propably I have to open a thread like: "Tell HN: I crashed my 15 year old machine setup this evening by trying to switch to Linux" :-D

But this time would be really a great option to finally switch on this machine, you are right - I thought about it for years now and I found out in the meantime that most of the apps are running without any problems in virtualization (if required)

The thing is - by now, I'm too lazy :-) (Esp. I should add a backup machine for this procedure, since this old Windows setup is in productive use)

[Gud]

Nuke it from orbit