# Apparently I'm going to be kicked off the boards (Discourse upcoming incompatibility){New cheap PC posts moved out} **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 1, 2025, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432 "2025-04-01T00:38:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432/3 "2025-04-01T01:04:51Z")
@wolfpup mentioned the same issue in the March mini rants thread. > [@March on with your bad self (plant your March mini rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/march-on-with-your-bad-self-plant-your-march-mini-rants/1014973/265): > > That computer is 13 years old. You’re like Homer Simpson and his sandwich that was killing him with food poisoning but he couldn’t give it up. [[image] ](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSeCwEOLy1kVFfr9VFHdj_Yj_9kskG22HBfWw&s) And you can get a Windows 11 computer for less than $250 from Walmart, or go even cheaper and get a Chromebook for a little more than $50 if you really want to go cheap (if you don’t need Windows 11, just want something with a compatible browser). Suggesting that you need a $1500 computer to be ab… There are some low cost options there. My old laptop was dying anyway. I bought a Refurbished Best Buy laptop for under $300 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-im-going-to-be-kicked-off-the-boards-discourse-upcoming-incompatibility-new-cheap-pc-posts-moved-out/1016432)._