Unless you happen to have a CPU which isn't supported, like those still being ma...

Xeamek · 2024-05-01T18:41:37

Sure, but even we stayed with w10 naming, we would still get an update with stricter requirements eventually

_aavaa_ · 2024-05-01T19:11:09

Eventually is the operative word there.

Windows 11 dropped 6 years after windows 10. And at the time it didn't support top of the line CPUs from 2 years ago.

Contrast that with Ubuntu which talked about dropping support for x86-v1 only 5 months ago[0].

[0]: https://ubuntu.com/blog/optimising-ubuntu-performance-on-amd...

FredPret · 2024-05-01T19:02:00

I'm willing to buy a new computer every couple of years, but not to learn a new operating system.

andix · 2024-05-01T18:52:22

Even with most unsupported CPUs you can upgrade to Windows 11. (edit: I think everything newer than 1st gen Intel core is still working)

And there is not one piece of software I know of, that promises infinite support time. Windows 10 keeps its promised EOL dates.

runjake · 2024-05-01T19:02:12

You can but it requires third-party hacks (Eg. Rufus. Microsoft removed it's first-party hacks to allow it).

_aavaa_ · 2024-05-01T18:58:47

See the comment a few levels up about windows 10 literally promising to be the last version of windows and only updates from now on.

andix · 2024-05-01T20:58:59

Technically Windows 11 is an update of Windows 10. Look at the version number. It's 10.0.x.x.

And seriously, nobody ever promised there will be updates for old hardware for eternity.

raxxorraxor · 2024-05-02T14:03:39

The hardware requirements are arbitrary though. It is more of a severe shortcoming of the OS because they want to enforce certain machine DRM.

And certainly not because of security, that wasn't a priority at Microsoft.

crtasm · 2024-05-02T00:15:36

But they are excluding recent (maybe also current?) hardware, unnecessarily.

andix · 2024-05-02T00:26:13

Yes, they are, but that's not related to the version number. Things like that also happened before on a smaller scale with windows 10 updates.

crtasm · 2024-05-02T12:05:49

I make no comment on version numbers. It sounded like you were saying they're only dropping support for old hardware, which is not the case.

readthenotes1 · 2024-05-01T19:47:26

Just because you can doesn't mean you should.

andix · 2024-05-01T21:02:40

Windows 10 EOL is coming in October '25. So either it's replacing the hardware or running Windows 11 on unsupported CPUs. Or not running Windows at all.

readthenotes1 · 2024-05-02T08:23:07

Yep I'm not buying a new Surface Pro for win 11.

When win 10 dies, I'm installing some Linux build and hoping for the best