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Everyone here is ignoring that Windows 10 was released in 2015 and security update support will end in 2028 — that’s thirteen years of support! Sure, sure, har

Everyone here is ignoring that Windows 10 was released in 2015 and security update support will end in 2028 — that’s thirteen years of support! Sure, sure, hardware can last longer than that, but would be hilariously outdated by that point. For industrial and special-purpose usage such as kiosks or embedded controllers there is the Long-Term Servicing Channel, which will have extended security updates until 2029: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-enterprise-ltsc-2019 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows... For comparison, there aren’t any other mainstream operating systems with even vaguely comparable support longevity. Everyone here advising people to install Ubuntu should look at its support lifecycle table: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Releases The version released in 2015 is already in extended support and will reach EoL in April 2024, just months from now. I doubt it’ll be a smooth experience installing a 2028 or 2029 version of Ubuntu on a PC made in 2015 or even earlier!

bombcar 3y ago
It’s not when the first one was sold, it’s when the last one was.
- wmf 3y ago
  Yeah, Windows 10 PCs were still sold in 2021 so they'll only be four years old in 2025. 7th gen processors that can't officially run Windows 11 were sold in 2017 so they'll be eight years old.
kevincox 3y ago
I think the bigger issue isn't so much that they are dropping support for 10 but that 11 has seemingly unnecessary requirements that block it from working on modern systems.
- niutech 3y ago
  You can easily bypass it: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re...
popcalc 3y ago
>Everyone here is ignoring that Windows 10 was released in 2015 and security update support will end in 2028 — that’s thirteen years of support! >Sure, sure, hardware can last longer than that, but would be hilariously outdated by that point. The $500 gaming PC I built in 2015 still runs mainstream games and has zero problem with running Office suite or any task a normal person would require.

bombcar 3y ago

It’s not when the first one was sold, it’s when the last one was.

wmf 3y ago
Yeah, Windows 10 PCs were still sold in 2021 so they'll only be four years old in 2025. 7th gen processors that can't officially run Windows 11 were sold in 2017 so they'll be eight years old.

kevincox 3y ago

I think the bigger issue isn't so much that they are dropping support for 10 but that 11 has seemingly unnecessary requirements that block it from working on modern systems.

niutech 3y ago
You can easily bypass it: https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-requirement https://www.tomshardware.com/how-to/bypass-windows-11-tpm-re...

popcalc 3y ago

>Everyone here is ignoring that Windows 10 was released in 2015 and security update support will end in 2028 — that’s thirteen years of support! >Sure, sure, hardware can last longer than that, but would be hilariously outdated by that point. The $500 gaming PC I built in 2015 still runs mainstream games and has zero problem with running Office suite or any task a normal person would require.