Microsoft emails Windows 10 holdouts: Fine, keep your old PC another year
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Consumer security updates now run to October 2027, and Redmond doesn't mention Windows 11 once
Microsoft has begun sending its email of shame to Windows 10 consumers, reminding them that Extended Security Updates will run for an extra year. Strangely, some email clients are treating this latest emission as mere spam.
Microsoft last month extended consumer ESU coverage through October 12, 2027. The company is now notifying those customers who might not have noticed the update on the support page that they've got another year to buy a new PC.
The email talks about "our ongoing commitment to helping customers stay secure" while not mentioning Windows 11 or Copilot at all. Instead, it said: "We understand that moving to a new PC can take time."
It also takes money. Windows 11's hardware requirements left millions of otherwise functional PCs ineligible for the upgradeamid soaring component prices, and...
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