Bigger problem? People don't HAVE TO update to 11. Those infected with the "gotta have the latest" might feel left out. The rest are just using their computers like they use to before 11 was announced.
Plenty of old software and hardware are still great, but we've had very limited windows (hah) where Microsoft has effectively supported multiple OS versions. They've already EOL'd 1909, which wasn't even 2 years old, and it's not hard to imagine them doing the same for more recent "windows 10" releases.
To be fair, this problem isn't new with windows 11, they've been terminating recent OS releases for years. With the new branding there will be more of a focus on this though.
Anyone with "gotta have the latest" already upgraded their hardware at least once since 7th-gen Core CPUs came out. They won't be effected at all.
It's people that are trying to get more useful life out of still useful hardware that Microsoft drew an arbitrary line in front of. But I agree that Windows 10 isn't going to magically disappear from existence the moment 11 is released. This is all a whole lot of whining that happens literally any time a major operating system version is released for literally
Unless you have some killer app, like the latest and greatest game (that is basically just an iteration of games we've played for two decades now), why do you even need brand new hardware?
My system is pushing ten years old and still does everything I need out of it. There aren't any new games being put out that would entice me to upgrade my hardware.
I suppose if you are doing video editing, compiling huge programs or something that was really CPU intensive, then you may find some huge advantages in upgradin
Will they release security patches after 2025? If they will then no need to upgrade. If Windows 10 is end of lifed as indicated it won't be very usable after that.
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Bigger problem? People don't HAVE TO update to 11. Those infected with the "gotta have the latest" might feel left out. The rest are just using their computers like they use to before 11 was announced.
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Plenty of old software and hardware are still great, but we've had very limited windows (hah) where Microsoft has effectively supported multiple OS versions. They've already EOL'd 1909, which wasn't even 2 years old, and it's not hard to imagine them doing the same for more recent "windows 10" releases.
To be fair, this problem isn't new with windows 11, they've been terminating recent OS releases for years. With the new branding there will be more of a focus on this though.
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Anyone with "gotta have the latest" already upgraded their hardware at least once since 7th-gen Core CPUs came out. They won't be effected at all.
It's people that are trying to get more useful life out of still useful hardware that Microsoft drew an arbitrary line in front of. But I agree that Windows 10 isn't going to magically disappear from existence the moment 11 is released. This is all a whole lot of whining that happens literally any time a major operating system version is released for literally
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Unless you have some killer app, like the latest and greatest game (that is basically just an iteration of games we've played for two decades now), why do you even need brand new hardware?
My system is pushing ten years old and still does everything I need out of it. There aren't any new games being put out that would entice me to upgrade my hardware.
I suppose if you are doing video editing, compiling huge programs or something that was really CPU intensive, then you may find some huge advantages in upgradin
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Correction, people that simultaneously 'gotta have the latest OS' but remain oddly content to run it on 5 year-old hardware...
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The software you use stops working under windows 10.