Its a shame that Windows10 is coming to its end...

[Phil2008]

Ive just gone back to windows 10 after about 1-2yrs of using windows 11.... Going back to windows 10 just feels a lot cleaner, less bloated and faster and I wish it wasnt ending later this year as I much prefer it.. Who else prefers windows 10?

 

[Twinz]

I'm staying on 10 because I like my HP Reverb and 11 doesn't have WMR. (And the Reverb doesn't work without WMR)

I'll just pay for the 1 year extension and hope someone makes a wired PCVR headset that I want to move to in that time.

My wife's PC has a 4770 CPU and it's just an email / web-browsing box to her. I installed Linux Mint on a second drive today and migrated her favorites into Firefox. She can dual-boot for a while and see if it will work for her.

 

[Murphy]

I preferred Windows 2000 & Windows 7 since then Windows has been on a downward trajectory IMO, with a lot of effort Windows 10 can be made usable & less talkative and it's just about worth the effort for the security benefits.

Sadly they've broken Windows 11 so badly that its issues can't be fixed in a reliable manner, at least not all the while they keep adding/removing features instead of just addressing security issues, maybe when their focus switches to Windows 12 they'll stop fiddling about with Windows 11 and it will be stable enough to make the effort involved in taming it worthwhile.

Until that day comes though I'll be using Windows 10 even if i have to use an ESU hack that darael clued me into the existence of last month.

While there's still time remaining, I am hopeful that the ESU-bypass will work. If that buys Windows 10 a few more years, then that's good for the environment and everybody using the bypass.

Windows 10 ESU-bypass

Windows 10 customers may extend support for one or three years, depending on whether they are a consumer or business.

Preliminary tests show that Bypass ESU is working on Windows 10 devices as well. This would unlock security updates after October 2025 on systems on which the patch is installed.

The only downside, apart from the question of legality, is that Windows 10 Home updates cannot be extended for more than one year. Devices that run Windows 10 Pro on the other hand support at least three years of ESU updates in theory.

Windows 10: ESU-bypass to extend updates is working already reportedly - gHacks Tech News