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Literally no one is going to throw away a working computer running Windows 10. There are still a lot of people running Windows 7. This is a nonsensical talking

Literally no one is going to throw away a working computer running Windows 10. There are still a lot of people running Windows 7. This is a nonsensical talking point.

Dylan16807 2y ago
A lot of people don't want to go without security patches. It's barely over a year until EOL for 10.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
  The vast majority of people still running Windows 10 won't even know what an EOL date is or why they should care. Businesses or anyone else who really cares can pay for the security fixes that will continue beyond 2025.
  - serf 2y ago
    >The vast majority of people still running Windows 10 won't even know what an EOL date is or why they should care Microsoft has been doing a lot in recent years to make people care, including (but not limited to) pop-ups near EOL that throw a scare into people.[0] [0]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-received-a-notification-your-windows-7-pc-is-out-of-support-3278599f-9613-5cc1-e0ee-4f81f623adcf https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-received-a-not...
    - antifa 2y ago
      Users are probably so use to dismissing all these pop-ups of things like the ghost of clippy trying to trick you into using one drive that they don't even know what pop up #6446 says.
a2128 2y ago
Microsoft is putting a shiny new version in front of people's faces, with marketing about advanced AI features, security, etc, and then telling them their hardware isn't supported. Even if Windows 10 is still receiving security patches, your average person is likely going to have the fear of missing out on something great, maybe getting left behind in the AI race by not having Copilot. The logical next choice is to consider buying a new computer just to make sure they're running the latest and greatest, because Microsoft told them it's the only way. If you spend a lot of time in tech circles, it's easy to get the impression that literally no one really thinks like this. A lot of us may think Windows 11 is mostly just a reskin with some integrated AI bloat that can be mostly replaced with just a bookmark to ChatGPT, but you would have a real hard time explaining that to an average non-techie. These decisions have significant effects on the choices average people make, and you can't just ignore it and assume everyone knows better Considering there are around twice as many Linux desktop users as Windows 7 (according to Statcounter global stats), I would hardly call it a lot of people

Literally no one is going to throw away a working computer running Windows 10. There are still a lot of people running Windows 7. This is a nonsensical talking point.

Dylan16807 2y ago

A lot of people don't want to go without security patches. It's barely over a year until EOL for 10.

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
The vast majority of people still running Windows 10 won't even know what an EOL date is or why they should care. Businesses or anyone else who really cares can pay for the security fixes that will continue beyond 2025.
- serf 2y ago
  >The vast majority of people still running Windows 10 won't even know what an EOL date is or why they should care Microsoft has been doing a lot in recent years to make people care, including (but not limited to) pop-ups near EOL that throw a scare into people.[0] [0]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-received-a-notification-your-windows-7-pc-is-out-of-support-3278599f-9613-5cc1-e0ee-4f81f623adcf https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/you-received-a-not...
  - antifa 2y ago
    Users are probably so use to dismissing all these pop-ups of things like the ghost of clippy trying to trick you into using one drive that they don't even know what pop up #6446 says.

a2128 2y ago

Microsoft is putting a shiny new version in front of people's faces, with marketing about advanced AI features, security, etc, and then telling them their hardware isn't supported. Even if Windows 10 is still receiving security patches, your average person is likely going to have the fear of missing out on something great, maybe getting left behind in the AI race by not having Copilot. The logical next choice is to consider buying a new computer just to make sure they're running the latest and greatest, because Microsoft told them it's the only way. If you spend a lot of time in tech circles, it's easy to get the impression that literally no one really thinks like this. A lot of us may think Windows 11 is mostly just a reskin with some integrated AI bloat that can be mostly replaced with just a bookmark to ChatGPT, but you would have a real hard time explaining that to an average non-techie. These decisions have significant effects on the choices average people make, and you can't just ignore it and assume everyone knows better Considering there are around twice as many Linux desktop users as Windows 7 (according to Statcounter global stats), I would hardly call it a lot of people