If you are thinking of buying Windows 10 licenses through Microsoft, you should hurry because January 31, 2023 This will be the last day the company sells them, according to a note on the official portal, which also notes that its official support will be extended until October 14, 2025.

We do not believe that too many users used the official channel considering the high price of licenses, 145 euros for the Home edition and 245 euros for the Pro edition, but its termination confirms the company’s commitment to Windows 11. In any case , There are other (legal) sales channels where you can buy them and much cheaper, such as the Supercdk.com promotions that we regularly offer you, which reduce the price to a spectacular level: only 12 euros.

Goodbye Windows 10 licenses

Microsoft’s intent is clear: windows 11 enhancements. Many months ago, the company stopped sending licenses to its OEM partners for pre-installation on new computers, and except for some specific models for the business market, all computers offered for sale are Windows 11. Stop selling Windows 10 licenses on the official portal (although we insist, you will also have still everything you need on other channels) is the next step in the strategy.

And it is that the share of Windows 11 is still too low compared to the expectations created. By the end of 2022, Windows 11 has reached, according to the analytics firm Statcounter only 15% market share, while Windows 10 remained (for now) in the unattainable zone with a share of 71.29%. Even Windows 7, a version without official support, had almost 10%.

The conclusions are clear. Windows 11 won’t fall in love with Windows users and only a small portion have migrated from previous versions. Their chaotic management minimum hardware requirements is behind, but not only because of that. The most interesting news announced at launch have come a long time or are still in development, and failures in updates advise a large part of users to stay on Windows 10. I am one of them and although I have a Windows 11 Insider in the partition To be able to do the tutorials that we offer you and to keep you updated on what’s coming, I keep a production machine running Windows 10. And Linux… always a great alternative.

Again to point out that Windows 10 will have official support until October 2025 and that the free upgrade from previous systems (Windows 7, 8 and 8.1) works just as well as on day one. And once you’re on Windows 10, you can move to Windows 11 the same way if you feel like it.