Monday, June 14th 2021
Microsoft Clears Way for Windows 11: Windows 10 Support to End October 14th, 2025
Microsoft has revealed the date when support for Windows 10 is going to end - effectively confirming that their original vision of Windows 10 being "the last Windows OS ever" is now dead. The information comes from Microsoft's own update to Windows 10's support life cycle page, which the company has amended with the final resting date set for October 14th 2025 for both Home and Pro versions of the operating system. Previously, the support life cycle page listed end of support dates for various release versions of Windows 10 - not the entire OS.
Adding this to the announcement that Windows would get a new, "next-gen" update; the related teaser art which omits the shadow of the window crossbar, making the cast shadow look either basically unrealistic (some Raytracing seems to be needed by Microsoft's art personnel) or, infinitely more likely, the omitted shadow serves to approximate the cast shadows as much as possible to 11. No official announcement by Microsoft, but usually 1 + 1 = 2.
Sources:
The Verge, Windows 10 Support Page
Adding this to the announcement that Windows would get a new, "next-gen" update; the related teaser art which omits the shadow of the window crossbar, making the cast shadow look either basically unrealistic (some Raytracing seems to be needed by Microsoft's art personnel) or, infinitely more likely, the omitted shadow serves to approximate the cast shadows as much as possible to 11. No official announcement by Microsoft, but usually 1 + 1 = 2.
172 Comments on Microsoft Clears Way for Windows 11: Windows 10 Support to End October 14th, 2025
(un)luckily can't get a GPU, so "new PC-shopping" is moved to the unspecified future. :P:D
Only security updates are auto-updated. Everything else is optional.
I've never had a file delete itself by Windows 10. Anything that's been deleted has been by my own hand.I don't think MS will charge for their next Windows edition since they made W10 a free upgrade from 7, 8, and 8.1, plus you can use 7, 8, and 8.1 keys for W10.
I hope they don't call it Windows 11. I liked when they gave it an actual name, like Windows XP and Windows Vista.
I kinda like Windows Marvell.
I'll probably upgrade to Windows 11 once I get a new GPU and at the rate things are going, I'll probably never get a new GPU.
All that said, I'd rather MS go back to cycled releases, with fewer, but greater Service Pack style updates that rolls everything mostly tested into one package, with only minor update released just for WinDefender. Force them to actually be comprehensive about things, as well as occasionally overhauling the base code outright rather than endless workarounds.