What to do with an element classic that wont upgrade?

Question

I have an old etc elemnt that wont upgrade. the theater bought a new ion but i was wondering if there was a way to upgrade the hardware and use it as a designer console?

empiire · Answer

Hi Jay. 
 As far as I know, the Element Classic is a Windows XP desk and can not be upgraded to eos v3.X.X. 
 ETC did offer Windows 7 rebuilds on some consoles, but I can't find any details on whether the Element Classic was one of them. 
 In any case, I was told by ETC reps that the next major version of EOS (v3.4) will be the last feature update for Windows 7-based consoles. So even if you were able to upgrade to Windows 7, you would be end-of-life again around next Winter. 
 Your best option is to open up the desk and unplug the USB dongle. You can use this dongle to unlock a Nomad PC on the latest version of Windows, so you can be a Client in the session with the latest EOS software. 
 Hope this helps.