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A glut of corporate devices coming to a 2nd hand electronics market near you soon. Or eBay.

Which I love, as I enjoy near perfect condition slightly older ThinkPads for $200. Though I don't buy many, and have only recently 'upgraded' from an X220 to an X250.

But. Why? What is the pressing functionality in Windows 11 that past versions do not have. I get the need for a newer phone if someone really wants a better camera or a special purpose app, or just has to have many many apps that run all the time and need extra cores and memory because of the users' habits. I get it for servers where energy's a big part of the cost function. These are hardware needs. But not software needs. We're already mature without hitting the next tipping point which isn't now. MS's motive must be alternate.