Big photo: Microsoft will end the support for this October for Windows 10, despite its growing popularity compared to its successor, Windows 11. With millions of PCs to upgrade, Microsoft and PC manufacturers hope that users will buy new equipment, even if their old hardware is really obsolete.
Bob Funi reports that Microsoft has still started sending emails to users running Windows 10, informing them that the support for the operating system has ended this year. Although emails include a small, informative FAQ, the company only means that it wants customers to buy new PCs.
Microsoft has spent months to pursue full-screen pop-ups to naked users with Windows 11-compatible devices to upgrade months, some of which cause crash. Thus, the company can only send emails to customers with registered PCs that do not meet the stringent requirements of the new operating system.
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Windows 11 will not officially support the CPU released around 2018 or it does not include TPM 2.0 security. Although the stipulation security updates would leave around 240 million Windows 10 systems, Microsoft refused the breeze.
About 60 percent of the Windows PC still uses Windows 10 while its successor is less than 40 percent. In addition, the user share has continued to bend towards the old operating system from the end of last year, and it once again became the OS of the choice of Steam Survey Participants last month.
Although emails confirm that the PCs running Windows 10 will still work after October, the company has warned that they would be less secure and recommend whether users do business or recycle them. Microsoft is not mentioned that it means buying a new device.
PC market analysts hope that the end of Windows 10 support will promote 2025 hardware sales after the historic recession of 2023, but what will happen, it is not clear. Despite the deadline of Microsoft, many systems with disqualified processors such as the 6th-and 7th-generation Intel chips, can still do important tasks.
Charities are deciding whether to recycle usable PCs, continue to distribute the potentially weak Windows 10 systems, or convert them to Linux Distroses that are unfamiliar to many users. Options for those who cannot upgrade are thin.
After October, businesses can pay $ 61 per device for significant security updates, but after that the price will double annually. Personal systems can get only one more year update for $ 30.
Although there are informal methods of installing Windows 11 on unqualified hardware, Microsoft is trying to close those flaws. Additionally, 0Patch has promised to provide third -party security updates for Windows 10 by 2030.
Users who are concerned about paying only for Windows 11 licenses can buy only one for a limited time for $ 15.
