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In a way, isn't this just saying windows 11 is not ready as a replacement? Because fuck me my work laptop drives me nutty, IT hasn't locked down all the popups and I can't fix it withut IT..
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In a way, isn't this just saying windows 11 is not ready as a replacement?
No, Microsoft has offered paid extended support for afaik all other windows versions at least as far back as XP.
There is always something that can't be upgraded because it's running some obscure software or something. At work we are unfortunately running a single Windows Server 2003 server because it's running some software that's absolutely critical and apparently can't be upgraded (I should test that though).
Pretty much every hardware or software company in at least IT offers (often really expensive) extended support for old stuff.
It's just the way of things. It isn't an admission that Win 11 Is bad of any kind
Man, I would love a follow up on that critical app. When I started in IT we had a sole dev that kept telling IT things couldn't be updated and I guess they never challenged him. One day I got sick of trying to downgrade to 32 bit windows and moving pc's around to for the growing needs of the company while one guy dictated everything has to stay old and shitty. Found out that alot of stuff he claimed could work only on 32 bit windows or server 2003, just needed to be tried on windows 10 or server 2016 and it was fine.
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"Please you monsters, just pay, our children are getting older, and it's time they moved out and bought their OWN islands off Seattle!"
Counteroffer - spend that $30 on a drink and turn them down. Just keep on using windows 10 and clog up their support tickets ^_^
Extended updates always cost money, and this is pretty cheap relative to extended support for previous versions of Windows. I don't understand why it's newsworthy?
Windows 10 is nearly ten years old.
This is like people complaining about how Ubuntu 16.04 LTS support ended not long ago (2021-04-29)
Or macOS 10.9 Mavericks (2016-12-01)
Or Android 6.0 (2018-08-01)
Or Debian 8 "Jessie" (2018-06-17)
Or Linux Mint 17 (2019-07-01)
Or Fedora 23 (2016-12-20)
Or Slackware 14.1 (2024-01-01)
Of all of these, not even Slackware comes close to how long Microsoft has supported Windows 10 post release (2015)
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Please just force me to upgrade to Windows 11 already. I'd love to, but my hardware doesn't satisfy some arbitrary requirements they set for Windows 11.
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The herd keeps me secure
I bet they would be willing to do it right while you are in the middle of something important if you paid them an extra $30 on top of that.
Sounds like they're about to get sued by the EU because they're basically asking you to pay again for a product you have already paid for. Discontinuing a service that was advertised as the "last windows you'll ever need" is one thing, but sending you another bill on a whim is something entirely different. Microsoft might just have ensured the longevity of Win10 for the foreseeable future without making much if any profit from it.
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What Windows 10?🖕🐧