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Confused by the implication that using machines old enough to not be supported by macOS or Windows is in any way "Green".

Using older hardware almost assuredly means using more power than more modern systems.

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Like crushing an old car and replacing it is more damaging to the climate/environment than keeping an old car going. Even if that older car is far less fuel efficient than the modern alternative. Same goes for all hardware... generally.

Except after you've used the older machine for long enough, it would have been less wasteful to crush it in the beginning and replace it earlier, skipping all the consumption later on.

Which is exactly why cash for clunkers was a program.

But less waste. How much until one cancel another is hard to tell.

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