Microsoft Tells Windows 10 Users To Buy New PCs (xda-developers.com)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/03/21/1623227/microsoft-tells-windows-10-users-to-buy-new-pcs
- Source link: https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-tells-windows-10-users-trade-in-pc/
In emails to Windows 10 users, Microsoft's primary recommendation is to trade in old devices for newer Windows 11-compatible hardware, rather than focusing on alternative solutions.
[1] https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/06/1713234/microsoft-would-really-like-you-to-stop-using-windows-10-this-year
[2] https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-tells-windows-10-users-trade-in-pc/
Get a mac (Score:2)
You'll never have to worry about Microsoft discontinuing hardware support ever again.
Yeah Macs are great .. (Score:2)
.. especially the ones I buy from ppl. having been told that their Mac is no longer supported by Apple.
I think this is great because I get very reasonable priced hardware to run Linux on, great Displays and perfect AIO PCs with a very nice Design.
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Instead you'll have to worry about Apple shenanigans instead.
Onlig. Bad Car Analogy (Score:2)
I'm sorry. We no longer make tires in that size. Buy a new car.
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At least in that case, you can buy new wheels and fit them to your old car. I've had to do that when a tire size became unobtainium. Similarly, if you could just change your TPM module, this might be a somewhat reasonable request. But almost nobody can.
LTSC (Score:2)
Windows 11 LTSC exists and it needs neither EFI Secure Boot, nor TPM. Or, and it doesn't need a Microsoft account either. Just saying.
And Windows 10 LTSC will be supported until 2029 at the very least.
Today. (Score:2)
But they could change that tomorrow if that aligns with their pivot to... whatever comes after the collapse of the AI craze.
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Don't you need an underlying pro license to add enterprise ltsc? And isn't LTSC volume license only, minimum 5 copies, and subscription.
So if you've got a windows 10 home laptop... you'd need to upgrade to pro and get a 5 license volume license subscription...that'd be absurd.
Even if you've got 5 laptops around the house, it'd still be absurd. And anyone not already dealing with microsofts volume licensing department would be advised to continue to avoid that hassle. Buying new computers would probably end
Modern business at its best (Score:2)
I could understand if Windows 10 had 5-10% of the installed base. But annoying >50% of your own customers... nothing like modern business to do what's best for their customer. Forcing them to buy a new computer or run an out of date OS is really, uh, courageous.
A new PC? In *this* economy? (Score:2)
Guess I'll just have to suffer with being a node on a botnet.
And if you're homeless... (Score:5, Insightful)
just buy a house. Problem solved.
Re:And if you're homeless... (Score:4, Insightful)
This is more of a Shapiro moment.
Ben Shapiro famously suggested that people with houses on the coast that ended up under water due to climate change would just sell up and move inline. Of course, since Aquaman isn't real, they may find it difficult to locate a buyer for a submerged dwelling.
People aren't going to get much when trading in a laptop too old to run Windows 11. The market for those machines is already falling fast. Good times if you want to run Linux or ChromeOS though.
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Blah, I misclicked on the rating.
I found this comment to be insightful, not redundant.
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Not very innovative from Microsoft: [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_them_eat_cake