in case you’re wondering… no. it’s not the longest article on the english wikipedia… but it’s getting close.

just give 'em time. it’s still a bit early in the game for that play

iirc, they did do a limited regional test of subscription windows back sometime during win7.

rufus doesn’t help with preloads that you don’t want to or can’t, for whatever reason, overwrite with a ‘clean’ install.

perhaps higher amongst fediverse users, but not with the general public… default settings all around–including auto updates, no intentionally installed browser addons, maybe a wallpaper change. but that’s it… is the most common windows configuration we see, by far.

you could just point them to everybody’s favorite github-hosted script which has an option to unlock extended updates.

some of the schools around me just post on their web site or fb when they’re getting rid of old systems. they’re gone within an hour or two… they’re priced to sell fast.

for shits and giggles i took a win7 and a win81 straight to iot 24 with no problems on either. run the upgrade from a rufus’d (these were 2009-10 era desktops) usb made from a modded (upgradematrix) iso. going to 10 ltsc or iot should be the same process.

how convenient. just in time for winter heating season.

a 2242 nvme + 2.5in sata iirc.

if the exchange would cost return shipping, i’d just put that towards a usb enclosure instead and make it an external… then buy another of the correct type and form factor

finally a smartphone you can shoulder to your ear like an old wired phone handset without worry of it slipping and losing a short battle with gravity.

if i had to provide a pc for work at home, it’d be a separate machine used exclusively for that, and isolated on its own lan.

since you’re buying parts, you can specifically look for boards with 6-8 (more than that will require a ‘specialty’ board). 8 isn’t impossible to find. start a build on pcpartpicker, go straight to motherboards and filter 8 or more ‘SATA 6Gb/s Ports’, then sort low-to-high on price. you should find a msi pro am4 and an asus prime am5 that are quite reasonably priced and have multiple reputable vendors selling them.

otherwise you’re looking for an expansion card to add to a board you’ve already got or to expand one of those above for even more.

of course, you need the drive bays to hold them all, too. which can be harder to find at a reasonable and affordable price than motherboards and controller cards.

this ain’t nuttin. just wait til droopy donnie takes his last nap.

‘humans and cardassians can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.’

it should be upside down as a symbol of distress until the ‘regime’ changes.

my sister ‘unthaws’ something by taking it out of the freezer.

must be a name–what he calls the shroom in his diaper.

one.

just one.

the whiny orange turd in the big house behind it in the article photograph… who has never even seen it or knew it existed before now.

the u.s. is already paying about twice as much per person for lesser care and coverage, than numerous other countries with comprehensive nationalized health care programs.