What Will Happen to Windows 10? - Comments Page 2

I will replace one of my 10 year old PC's and keep the other one until it dies of old age.

I still have an old XP laptop, several laptops with Win 7pro SP1, two pcs with Win 7pro, a pc with Win 10 and a newer pc with Win 11. No security issues what so ever. Win 7 is my go to favorite and Win 10 second. Can't stand Win 11! I dual boot Win 7 and Zorin on one of the pcs but I will say this: Linux IS NOT Windows, period. Zorin is usable but when you need Windows, you need Windows! By the way, I have had PcMatic (lifetime) antivirus for many years - no complaints. YMMV

At my age, 84, (and a past IT teacher), I don't like having to change. I also don't worry much about future changes.
I will wait for the last possible moment and then ask my computer guy to make any necessary changes, a new computer if necessary. But I will stick with Windows.

My heavily used by me only desktop came into my life on 7-7-10. Yes, 2010! It came with W7Pro and cost $2,345. My long-time computer guy is the best. He gave me up unfortunately so I had someone else install a new hard drive with W10 Pro in November 2019. Zero problems the whole time. I guess the time has come to find a new computer guy (#2 moved to South Carolina and I'm in NJ) and bite the bullet with a new PC or I can pay MS for continued W10 updates. Anyone know a brilliant computer person who'd come to my house in Fort Lee?

BTW, my iPhone 6s is still working fine except for the battery which Apple replaced 18 months ago and is now bad again. I bought it in March 2016! No cracked screen! I'm holding out for an SE, and rumor has it that the 4th generation will come out in early 2025. If not, I'll have to bite the bullet and buy a "full price" small new iPhone. I'm the type that uses my stuff until the wheels fall off. I drove a 2005 Camry from 2008 until I totaled it in August 2024. Now I have a 2025 with all the safety features. My Vizio flat-screen 32" I bought in January 2012 for $290. It ain't smart but it's FINE!

I'm still using Windows 7 and things seem to going okay. I'll stick with it until something happens then move to Windows 10. As it happens, I have a Win10 computer that was my husband's, just sitting around using up electrons. I know I should move to Win10 but I can't seem to find the time to do it. I'm pretty old so maybe I'll expire before it's necessary to do anything.

Not a single word about the millions of Win 10 computers around the world which cannot be upgraded. And the myriad of machines that use Win 10 like ATMs, lifts, railway systems, Air Traffic Control, ICBMs(?) etc., etc.

Also nothing about what security problems could be encountered using Win 10 after next year.

I purchasing new PC because I would like a newer one not because of Windows 11 requirments. I will pay $30 for first year as I like windows 10. Second year I'm switching to Linux.

When the time comes, disconnect the W10 PC from internet. Permanently. For email, internet browsing, file downloading, etc. do that on a new cheap W PC...

I am still using Windows 7 Pro and I like it. There are a couple of websites that I cannot use with W7, while using Chrome but I switch to Firefox and I'm good. I will likely upgrade to W10 and pay for continued upgrades. I still use my business Quickbooks Pro 2015 desktop version and though I closed the business in 2017 I do all my personal bookkeeping on it. I still function on Windows office 2013. These will still operate on Windows 10 (per my computer guy). If I could find personal bookkeeping software that allowed me to do what I do in Quickbooks like schedule and make automatic payments from the payment source of my choice, entry of all spending and deposits with reconcilliation of same and run general journals that make sense, I would be thrilled. I would, of course want it to be free. :)

I come from a time when preserving what you owned was an attribute to be admired. Those days are apparently long past. Sigh......