Just a few days ago, security researchers warned many millions of Windows users who are in danger of a “dangerous protection fiasco. ” Microsoft has now shown the same, proclaiming 2025 “the year of the PC soda with Windows 11”. And for 400 million users in particular, it means reaching the retail points of sale before it is too late.
Ahead of CES, Yusuf Mehdi — Microsoft’s consumer CMO, blogged that “the best, most secure and most performant way to realize the benefits of AI today, and into the future, is with a new Windows 11 PC.” But as appealing as that might be, the stick is much mightier than the carrot here. “We are mindful of the responsibility we have to protect our customers and their data,” he said. “Security is at the heart of everything we do at Microsoft.”
And this is the quid of the wonderful PC RAF-Slash-Landfill that now faces the Windows ecosystem. The new PCs that replace the obsolete old, for which there will be no accessory. To have today and are sending with a list of development of security characteristics that are enabled by default, designed to reduce the prospective for complicated cyber attacks, protective their knowledge at all times.
But while Mehdi exclaims excitement to “Innovation continues in the Copilot PC category and in the coming months. “The jury remains on the speed with which new features of AI lead sales. The end of security updates for Windows 10 users is another point and much more tangible.
“We recently showed that after having provided 10 years of updates and support, Windows 10 will succeed at the end of its life cycle on October 14, 2025,” published Mehdi, which links its own update from ‘October. “After this date, the Windows 10 PCs will no longer obtain security or capacity updates, and we focus on consumers to remain through the new fashion PCs that Windows 11 execute. “
This same October update also showed the $ 30 lifeline for Windows 10. However, this is not mentioned here. The accessory does not extend extensively, improves PC. “According to IDC,” said Mehdi, “almost 80% of corporations plan In development, Drapery complex compatible with Windows 11 PC.
None of the numbers is definitive, but in general, there are between 800 and 850 million pieces that run Windows 10 (or more), approximately part of which do not meet hardware needs so that Windows 11,850 million jumps, at least 400 million They will have to replace the device to remain safe.
Unfortunately for Mehdi and Microsoft, Windows Global thinks differently. The percentage of the Windows 10 market has reversed its trend and has opposed Windows 11 in recent months, not what someone expected to see. “We, one of the maximum vital elements of generation that seek to update in 2025, is not the refrigerator, television or his cell phone,” said Mehdi. “It will be your PC with Windows 10, and will advance with Windows 11”.
We will see—the PC industry and Microsoft’s security team need a fast turnaround in the Windows 11 vs Windows 10 stakes to prevent a nightmarish cliff edge with hundreds of millions of users suddenly losing support. October is fast approaching and that “dangerous security fiasco” per ESET’s warning now looms large.
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