These downvotes are not hatred of Windows, it's the weird statement of "Are people really using computers this old?". Like yes, a lot of people don't need a computer, don't want a new computer, or don't have the money for a new computer. 6 years ago isn't to long even, I built my PC around when Ryzen released(2017), it still works great.

Are people really using computers this old?

Given people still use legacy systems from the 80s and 90s: yes

the companies I worked at we never had machines older than 4 years old

Well good for you, that's not the norm at all in my experience across multiple fields.

Oh yea and bring on the down votes.

Well when you assume that all the other people commenting their experience are lying about it for some reason it's no surprise people aren't gonna like what you said.

Yes I am using as my daily driver an old box with an i7-3770. Truthfully want to upgrade, however it just hasn't missed a beat and does everything I need. Wouldn't mind some USB c ports though.....

I believe lots of small businesses are not that concern with security so just run with old boxes for a long long time

Dude...I was at a grain terminal last month and they're still using Windows 3.1. Computers haven't been "new" technology in so long rednecks keep old systems going.

My desktop computer is from 2011 and it plays eSports games like DotA 2 and StarCraft just fine. I replaced the GPU with an RX 580 a few years ago, and if I wanted more GPU power I could definitely replace it with something even faster.

A 4770K can run almost anything at 60 FPS, so for gaming it's not a big issue, especially since that system has a 60 FPS monitor.

You 'murican?

In the past I had to upgrade my PC every 4 years (my first PC run on Windows 3.1), but my last one just works and even the GPU only fell out of minimum requirements of the newest and graphical shiny games end of last year (it even managed to run Starfield although it looked bad and lagged in cities terribly), but my backlog is huge, so I don't care and if I care I can use Geforce Now or Game Pass for PC and stream that one game I can not play on my rig directly anymore.

Our planet is on fire and consuming less is the only actual solution to that. Everything got more expensive. I literally don't want to spent a lot of money on a PC that I do not need, because the one I have plays the games I want to play just fine (currently Dave the Diver) and on top throw a perfectly fine machine away, add to CO2 production and need to cut back on other needs I have because everything is so expensive.

My machine is an i7-6700K 4GHz with a GTX 970 and 16 GB DDR 4. And the only reason this is not working with Windows 11 is the CPU and upgrading that would need a new board and at that point I need a new PC. Oh and I tested it at the beginning when Windows 11 came out, I can circumvent the restriction and install Windows 11 anyway, it's just not guaranteed it will stay working and getting upgrades can be a hassle, but at least for the time I tried it I did get automated updates.

I do not hate Windows, I tried to get Windows 11, I just don't want to accept that a security feature for businesses makes my consumer PC invalid for it. I am a gamer and I would like to stay with Windows, but I am not buying a new PC unless a vital part of my old one breaks. I rather stay with an unpatched system and do anything that needs security on my phone/tablet on android. And no, I am 58 y.o. and I am not learning Linux, maybe if I were interested in the Steam handheld it would make sense, but I am not.