Yes, if the PCs aren’t upgraded, they’ll lack features like TPM and remain vulnerable to driver and hardware-level exploits. That includes CPU flaws, RAM vulnerabilities, boot and BIOS attacks, and so on. Realistically, there should have been a steady programme of hardware refreshes rather than allowing systems to age well past their practical and secure lifespan. Are we seriously entertaining the idea of running Linux on machines that are over a decade old as a long-term solution instead of upgrading? Would you entrust your financial data or medical records to a box from the early 2000s, with Windows XP removed and Linux installed in its place? Performance degradation is not just an inconvenience. It affects productivity. Slow machines cost time, and time costs money. Security flaws do too. Hardware and software upgrades should be part of a rolling, responsible IT strategy. They should not be treated as an afterthought. This kind of complacency is precisely the issue we’ve seen before. Just look at how that played out in the UK. We readily replace construction tools such as drills, saws, and other equipment on a regular basis, and many of those cost more than a standard desktop PC. Yet when it comes to computers, we’re still stuck in the mindset of "if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it." Just because something powers on doesn’t mean it is fit for purpose. The horse and cart did the job at one point too, but that didn’t mean it was wise to stick with it when something better came along.

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Agree - and to that end, I’m not questioning a mods decision, as they didn’t perform an act of moderation on my posts - rather they seem to wish to keep creating drama where it doesn’t exist. However, point taken and will just use the Report functionality as you would any other user

Another point to consider: community rules say the following:   That is not to say that a moderator can't be wrong, but if there is an issue with moderation we would prefer that it gets brought to our attention privately rather than publicly. Making a spectacle of something would hardly endear me to the reporter's plight.

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