Windows 10 end of life

[supportman]

Windows 11 thread

 

Windows 11 (edugeek.net)

[Michael]

Be interesting to know also whether W11 will be 64Bit only, just as Windows Server has been for years now. This would make sense, as more apps are natively 64Bit themselves.

[aicrd]

Be interesting to know also whether W11 will be 64Bit only, just as Windows Server has been for years now. This would make sense, as more apps are natively 64Bit themselves.

 

Yep. It does appear to be 64 bit only. No 32 bit option at all in the builds i've tested

[Michael]

Should hopefully put an end to 32Bit only or 64Bit only and of course 64Bit enforces driver signage for quite some time now.

 

Be interesting to see whether or not UEFI will be enforced as well, so all installs are more robust at a low level.

[mavhc]

Changing what HW is supported would be a reason to change the version number, but doesn't solve the problem that MS has of having to support old versions of Windows, which costs them money

 

I doubt they'd remove BIOS support yet. No 32 bit would be interesting though, only 32 bit computers that aren't 10 years old are Raspberry Pi really.

 

Windows is the only OS that continues to support 32 bit properly

[stevewill6]

Does this mean that Windows 10 Edu 20H2 will have its support date extended? (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-enterprise-and-education) <---- I dont get it

[jthompson]

Does this mean that Windows 10 Edu 20H2 will have its support date extended? (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-enterprise-and-education) <---- I dont get it

 

Presumably there'll be a Win10 21H2 release.

[aicrd]

Presumably there'll be a Win10 21H2 release.

 

I'm sure it said Microsoft would continue the current semi-annual release cycle up until 2025? So 21H2, 22H1, 22H2, 23H1, etc.

[psydii]

Windows 10 Current Branch (or what ever the non-LTSB/C is called these days) is supported for 18 months after release. Unless no newer version is released, in which case it is supported up to October 2025.

 

The latest LTSC/B is supported up to 2029.

 

If 21h2 is in fact "11" and it really is dropping devices that can't support hardware backed Secure Boot, then it is going to leave a lot of people (and small businesses, and education) stuck on 10 - increasing support costs and fragmenting the Windows userbase. This would be an odd decision.