Microsoft Needs to Get Serious About Its Windows 10 Upgrade Problem

Half of the readers of my <a href="https://pc.windowsintel.net/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Windows Intelligence newsletter</a> are still using Windows 10 on their primary PC. The one billion estimate comes from two sources: Microsoft, which has said there are <a href="https://www.microsoft.com/investor/reports/ar22/index.html" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">more than 1.4 billion Windows PCs</a>, and <a href="https://gs.statcounter.com/os-version-market-share/windows/desktop/worldwide" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Statcounter</a>, which shows that the vast majority of PCs on the planet-more than 70%-run Windows 10. Worse yet, this isn’t like when Microsoft stopped supporting Windows 7. Those PCs could upgrade to Windows 10, but this time around, many Windows 10 PCs don’t suport Windows 11, at least not officially. If you can’t afford to buy a new PC, you’ll be left out in the cold after Oct. 14, 2025. From a security perspective, it’ll be as if you were using Windows XP or Windows 7. <a href="https://medium.com/pcmag-access/microsoft-needs-to-get-serious-about-its-windows-10-upgrade-problem-1670013625cf">Read More</a>