Are you mulling new ways of refreshing desktop and laptop estates?
Speaking for myself ...
"As a final point, one question that didn’t quite make the poll was what you might do with the old kit, should you be upgrading or replacing."
For years, maybe two decades, I've been taking used, "out of date" corporate desktop PCs, nuking the contents, doing a clean OS install, and donating them to under-privileged kids. Yes, years ago I put "illegal", "pirated" operating systems (from unused, older licenses) on them. For the last decade plus, they have received a custom copy of Slackware (yes, I support 'em when they need it, which is rare).
Some of those kids are now programmers, network engineers, and whathaveyou. Most of their fathers were and still are field hands. I'm not apologetic, I don't regret it, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Microsoft can kiss my pasty white butt if they don't like it.
