XPost: alt.privacy.anon-server, comp.mobile.android, alt.comp.os.windows-10   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Sun, 10 Aug 2025 20:33:11 +0200 (CEST), Postmaster   
    wrote:   
      
   >Windows 10 support will end on October 14, 2025, and users are   
   >encouraged to upgrade to Windows 11 for continued updates and   
   >security fixes.   
   >   
   >How many computers will be trashed? Microsoft Tells Over 200   
   >Million Windows 10 Users To Trash Their PCs!   
   >   
   >Microsoft has reiterated that every Windows user with hardware   
   >that doesn't meet the minimum requirements of Windows 11 should   
   >upgrade their PCs or purchase a compatible device. According to   
   >Microsoft, this includes an estimated 240 million Windows 10   
   >users.   
   >   
   >Microsoft openly promotes tossing your laptop into a big pile of   
   >e-waste   
   >   
   >You'll have to throw out your old PC or risk security issues if   
   >the device can't upgrade to Windows 11.   
   >   
   >   
   >https://www.windowscentral.com/software-apps/windows-11/microso   
   t-openly-promotes-tossing-your-laptop-into-a-big-pile-of-e-waste   
      
   Working Windows 10 computers will then probably appreciate in value,   
   edspecially those with the 32-bit version installed, as they will   
   still be able run programs and access data that the reduced   
   functionality of Windows 11 can't cope with.   
      
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
   Web:  http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm   
   Blog: http://khanya.wordpress.com   
   E-mail - see web page, or parse: shayes at dunelm full stop org full stop uk   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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