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Sep 01, 2021

Windows 11 available on October 5

Microsoft announced that Windows 11 will be available as a FREE upgrade to WIN 10 users beginning October 5, 2021. The upgrade will be rolled out through 2022 to eligible PC hardware.

Read the Microsoft blog article: Windows 11 available on October 5
  • larry cad wrote:
    {Big long sighhhhhhhh) So my windows 10 computer will now be obsolete due to insufficient memory and I will be forced to buy a new machine that can handle 11, and do exactly the same stuff I am doing now which is the web, Word, Excel, and photos. All of which work fine for me, but I will ultimately have no choice and will be forced to move up. (Another big long sighhhhhhhhhhhh)


    It never ends. I have some XP computers running software that I am not paying thousands to update needlessly. As long as this nonsense is pushed by greed, it won't end.
  • It's an optional upgrade to WIN11.

    Windows 10 Pro/Home will continue to be supported until Oct 14, 2025.
  • {Big long sighhhhhhhh) So my windows 10 computer will now be obsolete due to insufficient memory and I will be forced to buy a new machine that can handle 11, and do exactly the same stuff I am doing now which is the web, Word, Excel, and photos. All of which work fine for me, but I will ultimately have no choice and will be forced to move up. (Another big long sighhhhhhhhhhhh)