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Time for folks to familiarize themselves with Linux distros designed to run on older hardware. My 2009 laptop runs great, with the exception of the browser. Oh and the fact that 32-bit software is harder and harder to find.

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Yes, I'm grateful I run Linux. You can get quite a bit done with 4GB RAM and a 6th generation (or even earlier) CPU. All 64-bit. I don't think such ancient hardware will be affected by AI demand to the same degree (though I think we'll still see some prices rise if people stop buying new stuff).

The worry is that at some point the older hardware will stop working.

A full-sized laptop from 2009 will probably boot a 64-bit distro, even Pentium M was no longer in use by then.

But it will be so slow to open any website to be useless.

Not if you protect yourself and your devices by using an adblocker.

Ads aren't the only problem. Devs using js are a major problem as well.

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