Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoResearchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfillswww.techspot.comexternal-linkmessage-square61fedilinkarrow-up1400
arrow-up1400external-linkResearchers warn that Windows 11 restrictions could send 240 million computers to landfillswww.techspot.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square61fedilink
minus-squareKbobabob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37·edit-21 year agoTLDR; Microsoft has already announced it will offer extended security updates for Windows 10 to 2028.
minus-squareVqhm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-21 year agoESU 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.
TLDR;
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.