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What is going to happen with this? It’s pretty unimaginable that Windows would drop support for 30% of PCs or whatever, exposing them all to viruses. It seems

• joshmarinacci 2y ago
  How would everyone be forced to switch to another OS? These machines won’t suddenly refuse to boot.
• layer8 2y ago
  There will be paid security updates from Microsoft [0], 0patch [1] (if you trust them), the LTSC version (which however takes you back to 21H2), and lastly you can still take your chances with just Windows Defender signature updates. I know a couple of people who still run Windows 7, including a security researcher (and not for research purposes), which still receives Microsoft Defender signature updates. [0] https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended-security-updates https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/whats-new/extended... [1] https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0patch.html https://blog.0patch.com/2024/06/long-live-windows-10-with-0p...
• 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 2y ago
  I don't think security updates are actually that important
• kjellsbells 2y ago
  Cloud PC might leap to the fore here, sold as a way to get "the latest Windows goodness" without needing anything more than a minimal client and decent Internet. It would solve all the patching issues, give Microsoft excellent data on how people use "their" computers, and generate a little cash on the side. Then windows on the desktop could shrivel over time to just be a stub and a client.