Subj : How much will it cost to keep Windows 10 alive next year? Youll h To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Thu Apr 04 2024 12:15:04 How much will it cost to keep Windows 10 alive next year? Youll have to wait to find out Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 11:13:28 +0000 Description: If youre a business, Microsoft just revealed pricing details for post-support updates but not for consumers, sadly. FULL STORY ====================================================================== Microsoft is keeping its cards close to its chest regarding how much consumers will need to pay if they want to keep Windows 10 support alive when it officially runs out in October 2025. Windows Latest noticed that Microsoft penned a blog post detailing the options and costs for businesses looking to have extended support in terms of security updates being piped through into 2026 and potentially beyond. This is nothing to do with consumers, however, although everyday users of Windows 10 will also have a choice to pay for extending security updates should they want to keep the OS after October 2025. Microsoft has clarified that point in an update to the post, stating that: The details and pricing structure outlined in this post apply to commercial organizations only. So when will we find out about the cost for consumers? We dont know is the short answer youll have to wait. Microsoft wrote: Details will be shared at a later date for consumers on our consumer end of support page. Note that even with paying for extended support, this is just security patches youll be getting, and Microsoft wont be developing or applying any new features to Windows 10. Analysis: Should you pay for extended Windows 10 support? (Image credit: Shutterstock - Wachiwit) To be fair to Microsoft, we are still a year and a half away from support expiring for Windows 10, so its not exactly a surprise that pricing options arent worked out fully yet. Although if Microsoft has managed to count the relevant beans and do the math for business customers, hopefully consumers wont be left in the dark for too much longer. It's a little frustrating to see pricing for some customers, and not for others. As to the wider issue of whether you want to pay for extended support for Windows 10, well, there are some folks in the unhappy position of not being able to upgrade to Windows 11 due to the hardware requirements . If youre in that boat, then it might be worth exploring the options available to make your PC compatible and then migrate to Windows 11 depending on what that entails. If its a matter of adding a TPM (trusted platform module), that wouldn't be very expensive compared to the ongoing cost of subscribing (on a monthly or perhaps yearly basis) to post-support security updates for Windows 10. You could even pay a computer repair shop to help with the upgrade, as thatll likely still work out cheaper than a support subscription in the longer run. On the other hand, if you'll likely need to upgrade much of your PC to be able to install Windows 11 , that would be more challenging (both financially and practically). For example, you may have an older unsupported CPU, which would likely requite a new motherboard or RAM. That being the case, staying on Windows 10 could make sense until you can afford a new Windows 11 PC or indeed a Windows 12 device by that time, no doubt. The other alternative is to shift away from Microsoft completely to one of the best Linux distros , which wont cost you a penny and you can always choose a distro thats a fair bit like Windows in its interface . Although bear in mind that youll still face a lot of limitations using Linux rather than Windows. You might also like... Windows 11 is losing Mail and Calendar apps - so you'll have to use Outlook You can now run Windows 11 seamlessly on Apple silicon Macs Dont make these 5 big mistakes when using Windows 11 ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/windows/how-much-will-it-cost-to-keep-wind ows-10-alive-next-year-youll-have-to-wait-to-find-out --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .