In the next two days, it’ll be exactly one month till data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-10/psa-windows-10-has-entered-its-final-year-of-free-support” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-10/psa-windows-10-has-entered-its-final-year-of-free-support”>Microsoft officially pulls the plug on Windows 10, which is slated for data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/tag/win10eol”>October 14, 2025. While the tech giant clearly wants users to upgrade to Windows 11 and has been using bold statements like data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-windows-11-pcs-up-to-2-3x-faster-than-windows-10-claim” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microsoft-windows-11-pcs-up-to-2-3x-faster-than-windows-10-claim”>“Windows 11 PCs are up to 2.3x faster than Windows 10 PCs” to get them to jump ship, getting approximately 400 million people to make this move seems like a big ask.
This is especially true when considering data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-system-requirements” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-11-system-requirements”>Microsoft’s strict minimum system requirements…
