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Microsoft has a big Windows 10 problem, and only one year to solve it (www.zdnet.com)
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[–] InnerScientist@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago (20 children)

I'm just waiting for the EOL of window 10 to see which of the following will happen:

  1. Many PCs will stop getting updates, people don't care
  2. Many PCs will be replaced for windows 11
  3. Turns out people already have replaced their PCs due to other reasons
  4. Microsoft removes the hardware requirements
  5. People switch to another OS
  6. People just don't buy a home PC anymore
  7. ????
  8. Profit???
[–] huzzahunimpressively@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My bet is that they are gonna surrender and will remove restriccions to W11. I doubt that a non-it person gonna install Linux, at least that, some companies decided to resell old~ computers with linux preinstalled that's the only way

[–] Sabata11792@ani.social 30 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

My money is on MS kicking the can down the road and adding another year or two to the support last minute, then not fixing any of the issues with 11.

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The paid extended security update program is going to run until 2028, and Windows 10 IoT Enterprise 2021 LTSC is going to have extended support all the way until 2032.

They have stated that ESU is going to be available to consumers as well, though not for how much - but somewhere between the $61 of the commercial, and $1 (really) of the education license, with the price doubling every year.

[–] i_love_FFT@jlai.lu 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 Or won't take long before it gets too expensive at that rate

[–] JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

1, 2, 4. Then it's 2028 and ESU ends. No idea how the pricing for the IoT long term support thing is done though.

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