<i>A 286 machine was mentioned in a recent article here, will you be able to find a running Skylake machine in 2045?</i><p>I&#x27;ve been thinking about this lately, and between the jihad against lead (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tin_pest" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Tin_pest</a>) and these machines storing the BIOS etc. in flash memory, I&#x27;m beginning to doubt it.