Microsoft reveals how much you’ll have to pay to keep using Windows 10 securely

Microsoft reveals how much you’ll have to pay to keep using Windows 10 securely (msn.com)

 

Since MS touted Win10 as the last Windows ever, it's time to junk it & switch to Linux.

 

May or may not work in future.MS can always block Win11 on non compatible computers or stop offering updates on them.

 

It seems a lot of users are still operating XP and W7 without MS support!
I dare say a lot of users will use W10 after MS withdraw support.

 

What made me nervous was when our family Dr. office was still usingWin XP about 3 or 4 years ago. They are affiliated with one of the largest hospitals around here. They have since went to Win 10

 

MrBill, they were probably paying an annual fee to MS for extended Security Patches.
I'm pretty sure large Corporations, Banks, Education Boards and City Councils etc, were offered this to give them time to change their systems over.
If you were to survey the subject, I'm sure we would be surprised how many are still using outdated OS's! (without support).

 

Most of the ATM's in India are using WinXP. Don't think anybody has even updated them with the available patches.

 

Little more reading. 3 reasons you shouldn't pay extra for Windows 10 updates (msn.com)

 

MS would again replay this in 6-7 years when it "retires" Win11. Wonder how many perfectly good devices would end up in landfill, not to talk about the added useless expenditure in upgrading the devices.

 

Microsoft is trying to convince Windows 10 users to upgrade with full-screen prompts (msn.com)

 

None of my PC's are eligible for upgrade as all of them are vintage (6+ years old) and all of them are going strong without a hiccup. Don't see the point of throwing away perfectly good working hardware to please MS.
Plan on using them as far as possible & then decide. By then the hype around Win12 should also be clear.

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