Microsoft Warns 240 Million Windows Users—Stop Using Your PC

[Kaz]

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And so it begins. Microsoft is preparing millions of PC owners for the unprecedented device cliff edge that hits on October 14, when support for Windows 10 ends. As reported by Windows Latest, the company is now telling users to stop using those devices and to “recycle Windows 10 PCs” that “can’t upgrade to Windows 11.”

 

There’s no hard date, but the number of ineligible PCs is thought to be around 240 million, and because they can’t be upgraded to a supported OS there will not be the normal secondary market for those buying new hardware. This means there’s no boon for charities or other good causes, and instead this is a recycling or landfill choice.

 

The question, says Windows Latest, is “what do you do with your old Windows 10 PCs that are perfectly fine but can’t be upgraded to Windows 11? You keep using them, right? According to Microsoft, you should dump them, recycle the hardware, and buy a Windows 11 PC, preferably a Copilot+ PC, so you don’t miss out on the AI features.”

 

As PC World points out, “of course, these aren’t your only options. Microsoft fails to mention that you could conceivably install an operating system other than Windows to keep your PC going for a few more years, for example.”

 

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All change for PC owners as deadline gets closer.

 

Debian stable with KDE-Plasma will be my replacement choice. 

 

Microsoft's approach feels a bit irresponsible to me.  TPM 2.0 has never been that amazing or great, and I don't understand why they think all machines that don't have it deserve to be recycled/land filled.  240 million PC's is a vast amount of computers, and it's inevitable that many people will keep using them without changing the OS.  That leaves the door wide open for botnets to run the show. 

 

I know Microsoft is trying to push everyone to use Windows 11 so AI can study the end users, but given the situation I think Microsoft should continue security updates for another 5-10 years.  An alternative option would be removing the TMP requirements so more people can 'upgrade' to 11.

 

I'm glad I made the switch to Linux, and I hope more people will consider it as an alternative for their older hardware.  I may not have all the answers, but if anyone has questions I'd be happy to help out.

[Bones]

I switched over to Linux when Win 10 came out with it's forced updates, telemetry and overall BS about them first disabling, then killing off USB functionality in Win 7 with newer hardware to try and force us to Win 10.

The only thing I've found about Linux is for some (Myself included) gaming is basically non-existant but aside from that it's fine.

Never going back to Windows because it's only getting worse, not better as this topic demonstrates. 

[Snakecharmed]

Go * yourself, Microsoft.