That'll be the hard part for sure... NVidia is in a position to want to push people to abandon older tech for new shiny. I would hope to see these machines last a decade all the same. Also interested to see how the level of compute compares to other pro and consumer options.
> Nvidia has a terrible reputation with long term support
In what space do they have this reputation? In drivers, I see they're supporting hardware that's 10 years old right now.
Their single board computers intended for robotics/edge have had a history of being poorly supported and stuck on old kernel versions.
Curious which single board(s) would these be? The latest orin nano super cards seem to have updated software.
I have read good things about Nvidia Shield support - it is still the best streaming device out there and gets bug fixes and feature enhancements even for way old builds.
This is key. Nvidia has a terrible reputation with long term support (as market leaders, they can easily afford that). Apple just now (last November) dropped OS updates for their 2014 boxes. While a Mac Studio 2025 will not be a ridiculous amount of compute power in 10 years, I fully expect Nvidia to completely abandon support and software updates for this in five years tops.
Hopefully, considering the interest it generated, I'd hope the Linux crowd will be able to carry it further, maybe with decent open-source drivers, way past the expiration date Nvidia sets.