{"id":301530,"date":"2021-07-16T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025\/"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:00:00","slug":"you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"#You Can Keep Using Windows 10 Until 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fdef71cb32\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2fdef71cb32\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025\/#By_2025_Your_Current_PC_Will_Be_at_Least_Four_Years_Old\" >By 2025, Your Current PC Will Be at Least Four Years Old<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025\/#The_Endless_PC_Upgrade_Cycle\" >The Endless PC Upgrade Cycle<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/you-can-keep-using-windows-10-until-2025\/#Alternative_Scenarios\" >Alternative Scenarios<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><strong>&#8220;#You Can Keep Using Windows 10 Until 2025&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage alignnone size-full wp-image-731432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 400w, https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, 400w, 1200w\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/windows_hero_1200x675.jpg?width=398&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"Windows 10 Logo on a blue background\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><\/p>\n<p>After Microsoft announced Windows 11, several publications <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2021\/06\/29\/the-great-windows-11-computer-extinction-experiment\/\">raised the alarm<\/a> that the new OS would make millions of PCs obsolete. Luckily, you can keep using your current PC hardware safely with Windows 10 for at least four more years. Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"By_2025_Your_Current_PC_Will_Be_at_Least_Four_Years_Old\"><\/span>By 2025, Your Current PC Will Be at Least Four Years Old<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft has set the end date of Windows 10 support to October 14, 2025. After that point, Windows 10 will no longer receive new security updates from Microsoft, and Windows 10 will be considered \u201cend-of-life\u201d (commercially dead).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Windows 11 will only run on CPUs from late 2017 or sooner\u2014among other features. This has led several writers to proclaim that Microsoft will be <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nbailey.ca\/post\/win11-will-create-trash\/\">needlessly orphaning<\/a> perfectly good computer hardware, potentially creating a needless e-waste problem.<\/p>\n<p>But here\u2019s the thing: If you have a PC from late 2017 or older (about four years old), right now, that PC will be at least eight years old when Microsoft stops supporting Windows 10 in 2025. So, you have plenty of time to use your current PC with Windows 10 before your next upgrade. Four years is a long time in the tech world!<\/p>\n<p>While some people use the same PC for a decade, many choose to upgrade much sooner than that. According to Statistia, the average lifespan of a desktop PC these days is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/267465\/average-desktop-pc-lifespan\/\">about 6 years<\/a> before it\u2019s replaced with an upgrade, Windows 11 or not. It\u2019s part of a pattern extending back to the dawn of the PC industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>When Will Microsoft Stop Supporting Windows 10?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Endless_PC_Upgrade_Cycle\"><\/span>The Endless PC Upgrade Cycle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The computer industry has been looped into an endless upgrade cycle since its very beginning, owing to the rapid pace of technological progress in information <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a>. Windows 95, in particular,\u00a0caused <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=yYDbUAjvDu4C&amp;lpg=PA75&amp;dq=%22Windows%2095%22%20requires%20faster%20PC&amp;pg=PA75#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">hand-wringing<\/a> in the press over the operating system\u2019s <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=QmYEAAAAMBAJ&amp;lpg=PA57&amp;dq=%22Windows%2095%22%20force%20computer%20upgrades&amp;pg=PA57#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\">hunger for 8 megabytes of RAM<\/a>, which left millions of PCs running Windows 3.1 out in the cold.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve even been here before with Windows 10\u2014system requirements for the Windows 10 Creator\u2019s Update in 2017 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/article\/3209977\/windows-10-is-making-too-many-pcs-obsolete.html\">prompted ComputerWorld to complain<\/a> that it would make too many PCs obsolete. (Eventually, Microsoft allowed some slightly older machines to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/microsoft-agrees-to-extend-support-deadline-for-clover-trail-pcs\/\">continue to receive<\/a> security updates.)<\/p>\n<p>To be sure, e-waste is a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/technology\/archive\/2016\/09\/the-global-cost-of-electronic-waste\/502019\/\">monumental issue<\/a>, but the discarded PCs of 2025 won\u2019t be Windows 11\u2019s fault alone. Even if Microsoft never released Windows 11, many people and organizations would be ditching their eight+-year-old computers in 2025 anyway as hardware fails and new innovations spur upgrades.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Alternative_Scenarios\"><\/span>Alternative Scenarios<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019d like to stick with your current PC hardware that can\u2019t run Windows 11 until October 2025 and beyond, you have a few options. The first is to keep running Windows 10 beyond that point, putting your data at grave risk due to software security vulnerabilities that go unpatched. Or, you could hope beyond hope that Microsoft extends support for Windows 10 beyond its initial end-of-life date like it did with Windows XP and Windows 7 in the past due to their popularity.<\/p>\n<p>Or, finally, you could try running an alternative OS such as Linux on your aging hardware. It won\u2019t be the Windows that you\u2019re familiar with, but it will save your PC from the scrap heap for just a while longer.<\/p>\n<p>Windows 11 or not, all PC hardware needs eventual replacement if you want to keep up with the latest tech, but you\u2019ll have had a great eight+ year run with your current machine, which is quite respectable in this era of rapid technological change.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> <strong><em>Your PC Won&#8217;t Support Windows 11? 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