The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Zelderian on 2025-01-20 16:09:49.

I run my Plex serve on a refurbished mini desktop purchased off Amazon a few years ago, and it does everything I would need it to. However, it’s stuck on Win10 due to hardware limitations, and I received notice that, since Win10 will be EOL in October, there will be no future updates.

The machine is connected to my local network, and I’m assuming it’d run the same risk as any other computer running on an unsupported OS, where over time, it’ll be a continuously bigger risk. Is anyone else in this boat with having to replace old hardware for the sake of future security updates? I’m assuming I know the answer, but is there any workaround to this to avoid unnecessarily upgrading?