Windows 10 EOL

#1

Post by zdw » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 3:46 PM UTC

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#2

Post by v9v » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:08 PM UTC

Why do people keep bringing up this e-waste argument and act like they have to throw their Windows 10 computers into the garbage? It's not like the operating system stops working the second official support ends.

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#3

Post by DanAtC » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:14 PM UTC

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is supported until 2032, thankfully.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise...

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#4

Post by CursedSilicon » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:15 PM UTC

>Instead, they made some arbitrary reason to deprecate "old" hardware

The criteria was based on hardware mitigation support for Meltdown and Spectre patches. Because at the time those vulnerabilities could be exploited by executing malicious javascript in a browser to steal passwords

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#5

Post by neepi » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:18 PM UTC

Windows 10 LTSC + massgrave. Fuck 'em. I'm not ready to throw my Z440 in the trash yet.

And I don't want anything to do with windows 11, even LTSC at the moment.

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#6

Post by candiddevmike » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:20 PM UTC

v9v wrote: post #2

Why do people keep bringing up this e-waste argument and act like they have to throw their Windows 10 computers into the garbage? It's not like the operating system stops working the second official support ends.

Maybe they're throwing them in the garbage and getting Macs? When the choice is leave the ecosystem or embrace 1984: the desktop, it seems like a worthwhile complaint. Microsoft burned everyone's trust by thinking they can charge money for an OS AND sell your data.

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#7

Post by fibers » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

DanAtC wrote: post #3

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC is supported until 2032, thankfully. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/iot/iot-enterprise...

Microsoft makes me laugh. When I clicked your link to the docs file it looks like M$ added an AI bot attached to the Microsoft Learn platform so I decided to register with my work account.

> does Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 have access to WSL2 Sorry, I can’t help with this. Please make a new request or share your feedback.

What is the point of adding an LLM to docs if it can't even produce anything correct?

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#8

Post by ralferoo » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:23 PM UTC

> So Microsoft decided to produce tons of e-waste for no obvious reason. There's a lot of capable hardware out there, and it would be of software company's interest to support as much hardware as possible.

The author then goes on to describe how he's just purchased 3 new Windows 11 licences... (indirectly via new computers)

Re: Windows 10 EOL

#9

Post by slt2021 » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

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Re: Windows 10 EOL

#10

Post by CamperBob2 » Tue, Jun 17, 2025, 5:25 PM UTC

CursedSilicon wrote: post #4

>Instead, they made some arbitrary reason to deprecate "old" hardware The criteria was based on hardware mitigation support for Meltdown and Spectre patches. Because at the time those vulnerabilities could be exploited by executing malicious javascript in a browser to steal passwords

Yeah, and I could be hit by a meteor the next time I step outside, or something that fell off a passing Boeing. The odds are about the same.