Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
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Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
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Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#2Do I get this right?
Windows 10 end of support will push many, many people to modern hardware?
Seems like HW companies will have very good year 2025/2026
brb purchasing stocks
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#3I would have updated if it wasn't for Windows 11 requiring a specific hardware.
I'll stick to Windows 10, when it dies, I'll probably force myself to switch to Fedora or something.
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#4So I have about 2 years to prepare to run some flavour of Gaming Linux on my desktop, cool.
Thankfully, Valve's continued and dedicated support for the Steam Deck has made this a very easy alternative to consider.
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#5Do I get this right? Windows 10 end of support will push many, many people to modern hardware? Seems like HW companies will have very good year 2025/2026 brb purchasing stocks
Yes and No.
A lot of folks will go with newer hardware due to lacking TPM, etc. support, but those people were likely to upgrade at 1-3 year intervals anyway.
A majority of users will just keep running Windows 10, with or without sec updates until they can no longer buy a system with 10.
There are still Windows 7 and Vista installs out there, running every day, and I don't mean outliers. I know a clinic that runs Windows 8.1 on everything. Not because it's a great OS, but the Doctor handles his own IT, has the media handy and knows how to install it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
As another example, in the microlab of the 3rd hospital I was Director of IT for, I found....a Windows 3.11 machine. Literally, Windows 3.11, with a CRT touchscreen monitor. I reached out to the vendor and suggested that maybe...just maybe...it's time to replace this unit with one a bit more modern.
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#6I would have updated if it wasn't for Windows 11 requiring a specific hardware. I'll stick to Windows 10, when it dies, I'll probably force myself to switch to Fedora or something.
i'm hanging to w10 too and plan on switching to linux
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#7So I have about 2 years to prepare to run some flavour of Gaming Linux on my desktop, cool. Thankfully, Valve's continued and dedicated support for the Steam Deck has made this a very easy alternative to consider.
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Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#8I would have updated if it wasn't for Windows 11 requiring a specific hardware. I'll stick to Windows 10, when it dies, I'll probably force myself to switch to Fedora or something.
You can run Win11 on non-compliant hardware. Check out Rufus.
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#9Do I get this right? Windows 10 end of support will push many, many people to modern hardware? Seems like HW companies will have very good year 2025/2026 brb purchasing stocks
Yes and No. A lot of folks will go with newer hardware due to lacking TPM, etc. support, but those people were likely to upgrade at 1-3 year intervals anyway. A majority of users will just keep running Windows 10, with or without sec updates until they can no longer buy a system with 10. There are still Windows 7 and Vista installs out there, running every day, and I don't mean outliers. I know a clinic that runs Win…
In all fairness, Windows 3.11 is so ancient that it is probably immune to (or overlooked by) most modern threats.
Re: Plan for Windows 10 End of Support
#10I would have updated if it wasn't for Windows 11 requiring a specific hardware. I'll stick to Windows 10, when it dies, I'll probably force myself to switch to Fedora or something.
And we all know this a limit made on purpose (by a marketing team?). They probably could use this additional hardware everytime it's available on new PCs and allow a kind of legacy mode for Windows 11 on old PCs. But hey, some marketing genius came up with the idea to sell Windows 10 ESU (Extended Security Updates) membership to end consumers this time.