Windows 10 begins one-year countdown to end of support
Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025, raising concerns about device obsolescence. Windows 11's market share grows mainly from enterprise upgrades, but users find ways to run it on older hardware.
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Windows 10 is approaching its end of support, set for October 14, 2025, marking a significant transition for users. While some users can opt for paid security updates, most will lose support in a year. The Long Term Servicing Channel (LTSC) editions will have extended support, with Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC lasting until January 13, 2032, and Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC until January 9, 2029. Concerns have been raised by organizations like the Public Interest Research Group about the potential waste of devices as millions may become obsolete overnight. Although Windows 10 will not stop functioning immediately, the cessation of security updates will increase vulnerability to cyber threats. Recent statistics indicate a modest rise in Windows 11's market share, attributed mainly to enterprise upgrades rather than new hardware purchases. Microsoft's strategy to encourage hardware upgrades for Windows 11 has faced challenges, as many users have found workarounds to run the new OS on older devices. The company’s Copilot+ PCs aim to entice users to upgrade, but the lack of compelling reasons to replace existing hardware remains a barrier. With only a year left of support for Windows 10, Microsoft must accelerate the transition to Windows 11 to avoid leaving legacy users at risk.
- Windows 10 support ends on October 14, 2025, with some options for paid updates.
- Concerns exist about millions of devices becoming obsolete and potentially ending up in landfills.
- Windows 11's market share is increasing, primarily due to enterprise upgrades.
- Many users have found ways to run Windows 11 on unsupported hardware.
- Microsoft faces challenges in convincing users to upgrade to new hardware for Windows 11.
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20 commentsToo often, people everywhere, even on HN, talk as if end-of-support means you can't use it anywhere anymore.
Windows on the other hand has me wrapped around a post about 50 times regarding all of its UX quirks. Even the slightest deviation in anything Microsoft always puts me on a ballistic trajectory.
Honestly, Visual Studio is way more upsetting to me than Windows is these days. They are clearly making that experience worse on purpose just to prove they can.
People will not buy new computers, while their old one is still technically good, because Microsoft wants them to run Windows 11 on "compatible hardware".
Does not matter if its Windows 11, Windows 10... or even if its Windows 98. I just want GNU/Linux on it!
All my other machines have Linux.
(to note -- it is Windows 11.. and I have mixed feelings about it)
Between them removing administrative controls and the lowest-common-denominator tabletization of the UI, I need to look harder at putting it in a VM or doing plain old dual-boot. (For a gaming machine, so that imposes some minimal ties to the ecosystem.)
- acquiesce to everything Win11 entails
- be a weirdo and run a server SKU
- run insecure EOL OS on hardware
- run insecure EOL OS on some less-begrudged hypervisor
- fully migrate to preferred Linux distro and sacrifice some amount of game compatibility, though less than I'm conditioned to believe per https://www.protondb.com/
I have no Windows-specific software other than games.
Also, what might I not like about Windows Server 2019????
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