After only five years, I am being forced to replace my desktop PC because it can only run Windows 10, not 11. Microsoft say: after 14 October 2025, your Windows 10 PC will no longer receive security updates and Microsoft will no longer be available to provide Windows 10 technical support.
Despite the fact that I have a pretty high spec PC, I am being forced to upgrade as it does not support Windows 11. This is going to needlessly cost me more than £1000 and a lot of work to install all existing software and configure stuff.
Having reviewed the changes in Windows 11, apart from a few cosmetic changes there seems very little that is of benefit. But I will have to spend time learning my way around the new operating system.
I consider this needless change to an operating system to be an example of predatory activity by a dominant software supplier. Their motivation for this totally unnecessary change is probably to help their partners sell more hardware and to force users to upgrade Microsoft software such as Office.
This is surely an example of where regulators should intervene to stop Microsoft exploiting its dominant position in PC operating systems.
Roger Lawson (Twitter: https://twitter.com/RogerWLawson )
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I switched to Apple a long time ago after upgraded Windows and many of the apps stopped working.
I dinky regret it for a minute. Phone, iPad and Desktop all work in tune. Support is excellent – online or in person at one of the stores,
It took a bit of getting used to but Apple make it easy to switch and product longevity, security and privacy is much better.
It’s worth the cost of upgrading.
The problem with switching to an Apple PC is that I run some applications that are not available for IOS.
Roger
Hear hear!