Is Microsoft really axing Windows 10? Here’s what you need to know – Computerworld

The Windows 10 PCs getting left behind

Let’s consider things from Microsoft’s perspective: Windows 10 was released on July 29, 2015, which means the operating system has had just over a decade of support. That same year, Google released the Nexus 6P with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Google stopped supporting both the Nexus 6P and that version of Android back in 2018.

Windows 11 was released in October 2021, but most PCs released in 2019 to 2020 could upgrade to it — even many of those released in 2018 to 2019 might be able to do so, too.

The most realistic worst-case scenario here is that if you bought an older Windows 10 PC in 2019 and it can’t upgrade to Windows 11, you still got roughly six years of use from it. Also, if it’s that close to the cutoff, you likely can upgrade it to Windows 11, just through an “unofficial” upgrade method that Microsoft leaves open with a wink and a nudge.