irelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgexternal-linkmessage-square199fedilinkarrow-up1466arrow-down123cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1443arrow-down1external-linkEnd of 10 - Windows ten is ending. Microsoft wants you to buy a new computer. But what if you could make your current one fast and secure again?endof10.orgirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square199fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareUser79185@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27arrow-down1·1 year agoMS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
minus-squareirelephant [he/him]🍭@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·1 year agoPeople will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoOr, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
minus-squareTheFeatureCreature@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThe general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not. The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIf it isn’t the general populace then I guess the nerd class has been growing rapidly lately
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoJust like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoJFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
minus-squareFreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoThose people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
minus-squareNot a replicant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoBe clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.
MS is for a rude awakening when general populace will not update their hardware with record inflation.
People will just keep using insecure windows 10 versions.
Or, you know, Linux, and be done with the crap
The general populace isn’t going to switch to Linux. They’re just not.
The path of least resistance is to continue using Win10
If it isn’t the general populace then I guess the nerd class has been growing rapidly lately
Just like they did when every other version of Windows stopped being supported. That’s why Linux has a 70%+ market share on computers right now…….
I’ll be doing both with Linux as my primary and Win10 as a compatibility fallback.
JFC it doesn’t become a honeypot on November 1.
Those people will do what they always do, just keep using it without security updates.
Be clear about it - you’ll still get Windows Defender updates, but not patches to the OS or MS applications/Utilities.