Zak Doffman has covered security, surveillance and privacy on Forbes since 2018, focusing on the latest updates from the world’s largest tech companies, staying safe on smartphones and social media, and the dangers of AI.
The Windows 11 fun and games continues, with another new twist in the battle to push hundreds of millions of stubborn Windows 10 holdouts to update their software and maybe their hardware as well. There are some 400 million users without the right hardware to update their OS. The temptation is to move anyway to protect PCs against cyberattacks, but there’s a serious risk—Microsoft may cut you off., Microsoft has updated its disclaimer for users taking this risk.
To expand on that—you’re amongst the 400 million Windows 10 users with incompatible hardware, you want to upgrade to Windows 11 to maintain security support, but in doing to your may lose support. Meanwhile you can pay $30 to kick the problem down the road by 12-months. Has that become the best option?, reversing some of Windows 11’s gains. This will be a tough, surprising read at Microsoft. Maybe it was driven by the new $30 ESU option kicking out the deadline, but it’s bad news regardless.
More than 800 million Windows 10 users and another 50 million on even older, already obsolete versions of Windows. Of the 800 million Windows 10 users, more than 400 million likely don’t meet the TPM 2.0 threshold.All eyes on October 2025, and how many users will be convinced to take the plunge and buy a new PC, and if they do so, will it be the Copilot AI-capable PCs Microsoft is pushing or simply a newer device that ticks those right boxes.
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