Although it is true that the media are very heavy and it seems that we have been listening for years and talking about the end of Windows 10, the reality is that the definitive moment is just around the corner. October 14, 2025 will be the day Microsoft will stop offering regular security updates and improvements for this operating system.
This does not mean that your computer will stop working suddenly, but you will be more exposed to cybersecurity problems that surely do not make you funny. Microsoft has already been clear, stating that, after that date, there will be no more free technical support for the home, PRO, Enterprise, Education and IoT Enterprise versions of Windows 10.
For most users, the recommendation is simple: the transition to Windows 11 will be the best bet to keep your PC protected, fast and with the latest features. However, not all their computers can update because Windows 11 needs certain hardware requirements that not everyone meets.
Therefore, Microsoft has launched the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program, which will allow people and companies to receive critical security updates during a period after October 2025, but in exchange for a cost.
Despite all this, it must also be said that Microsoft has been aware of the resistance that generates that Windows 10 dies and that it has to update and have been dosing this news so that users have enough time. Recall that Windows 10 was released in 2015, and in 10 years he has received incredible support that surpasses many previous versions.
Even so, Microsoft insists that the best experience and protection will have it with Windows 11 or even, who knows, because there are already many voices that speak of an almost imminent arrival of Windows 12 to the world once we say goodbye to Windows 10.
Windows 10 dies and Windows 12 is already preparing, but how many can get on the train?
The answer is in the Microsoft strategy, and in how the entire sector has been reconfigured. Now everything revolves around the cloud, the use of data, to integration with AI. And for that, Companies want more closed, more modern systems, more aligned with their new horizons in the business and is certainly not negative, it depends on how you look at it.
But the truth is that they no longer win so much selling the operating system as offering services, subscriptions, extensions. The economic model has changed.
Therefore, what for Microsoft is simply ‘the end of a version’, for millions of people it is a real problem. The worst thing is that these types of decisions tend to be assumed as ‘is what there is’, as if obsolescence was something written by law. And it is not.
Now, you also have to say it, Windows 12 looks interesting. Filtrations and ads talk about a more focused system on intelligent productivity. But I insist that not everyone is at that point. Not everyone has computers with state -of -the -art chips. Not everyone needs an AI to suggest how to write an email.
Many users want their computer to work, not to give problems, to be stable and not force them to change equipment because. And that, today, continues to offer it Windows 10.
In this context, some will opt for alternatives. There are those who are starting to look with other eyes to Linux, for example. It is not the solution for all, but in some cases it allows to extend the life of equipment that Windows no longer supports. Others may spend with Windows 10 beyond 2025, without support, taking precautions. Some, of course, will pass to Windows 11 or 12, because they can, because they want, or because they have no choice.
But what we should not do is accept this logic without further ado that becomes old something that still serves. The reality is no doubt that it is not above but down, where decisions have an impact and where to change the operating system is not just clicking on ‘update’. Sometimes, the best is simply what works.
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Tags: Updates, Microsoft, computers, operating systems, Windows 11, Windows 10