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Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 next year. For companies, Microsoft is again providing longer support for a fee. For the first time, consumers can also benefit
Microsoft will end support for Windows 10 next year. For companies, Microsoft is again providing longer support for a fee. For the first time, consumers can also benefit from such an offer.
On October 14, 2024, Microsoft will end support for Windows 10. Security updates are discontinued, meaning that the use of a system is no longer fundamentally safe.
An upgrade to Windows 11 is free, but not a given. Microsoft has introduced an artificial minimum requirement for Windows 11: a system must have a TPM 2.0 module to be eligible for an upgrade. Slightly older computers that are still capable of running Windows 11 in terms of performance are therefore left out. Microsoft is about to generate a huge amount of e-waste overnight.
If you can’t or don’t want to upgrade and don’t want to buy a new computer, you still have an option. Companies can invest in traditional ones Extended security updates (ESU). As part of the ESU formula, Microsoft continues to offer paid security updates. Earlier this month, Redmond announced that ESA will be available from November 2025. You can purchase licenses now. Microsoft assumes a target price of $61 per device per year, although that price doubles year over year.
For the first time, consumers can now purchase an ESU license for one year. The price for personal use is $30 lower. Further details will follow over the next year. The option is interesting because there are still many owners of a perfectly working computer that is not yet suitable for the scrap heap. Such systems can serve for another year.
In a way, the situation is also perverse: Microsoft is creating artificial obsolescence by no longer supporting Windows 10 and at the same time blocking an upgrade to Windows 11 based on artificial rules. Anyone who pays does not have to recycle their device (yet).
For business users, ESU is certainly a good thing: updating often takes time, money and effort that is not always available. For consumers, the ESU option is also a good thing, but little more than a blanket for bleeding. An upgrade (even paid) to Windows 11 would keep many old laptops relevant for much longer. After all, the best laptop for the environment is the one you already have.
Source: IT Daily
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