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Researchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfills (www.techspot.com)
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[โ€“] Kbobabob 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

TLDR;

Microsoft has already announced it will offer extended security updates for Windows 10 to 2028.

[โ€“] Vqhm 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

ESU is a paid service for enterprise. They didn't even offer ESU for windows 7 home.

Windows 7 pro ESU per device cost $50 for 1 year, $100 for the next year, $200 for the final year.

Windows 7 enterprise was per device 1 year $25, second year $50, and 3rd year $100.

Micro$oft is not going to give win10 ESU away for free and they probably won't supported home edition.

You can however bypass the win11 hardware checks to upgrade unsupported devices.