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It affects all DRAM across the board. The fundamentals of DRAM haven't changed in decades, and everything comes from three companies.
Good thing Microsoft forced people to throw away a bunch of perfectly functional PCs. This was the perfect time for everyone to have to buy new ones.
They didn’t force them to throw away PCs. They have alternative options. People chose to be angry instead of doing anything about it.
It’s the shit people bitch about Apple for doing, but it’s somehow adorable when Microsoft does it.
Linux has entered the chat. I installed linux on my older machine that's ~ 7 years old. My new machine has windows 11 and I fucking hate it.