PC shipments climbed again in the third quarter of 2025 — but the recovery is uneven: global volumes reached roughly 75.8 million units, up about 9.4% year‑on‑year, while regional patterns, tariff shocks, education refresh cycles and a halting enterprise migration to Windows 11 have combined to...
Microsoft’s October deadline for Windows 10 support has forced a stark budgetary calculus: buy time with paid Extended Security Updates (ESU) and accept rapidly rising per-device fees, or replace entire fleets with Windows 11‑capable hardware — a choice that will reshape IT budgets, procurement...
Microsoft’s announced cut-off for Windows 10 support has turned what should have been a routine lifecycle milestone into a political, technical and environmental firestorm—one that risks leaving hundreds of millions of usable PCs exposed to attacks, forcing costly refresh cycles in the public...
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As Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline arrives, a fresh telemetry snapshot from TeamViewer shows that a substantial share of devices remain on Windows 10 — an operational and cybersecurity situation that demands urgent, organised action from IT teams and consumers alike. TeamViewer’s...
The approaching end of support for Windows 10 has turned routine hardware refresh conversations into a time‑boxed migration problem—and many small and medium businesses are answering that problem by buying into a new category of Windows 11 machines marketed as AI PCs or Copilot+ PCs that promise...
Microsoft’s decision to end mainstream support for Windows 10 on 14 October 2025 has created a high-stakes, time-sensitive problem for tens of millions of users and thousands of organisations — from home PCs in living rooms to entire enterprise fleets — forced to choose between hurried upgrades...
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TeamViewer’s recent snapshot of its remote‑support traffic paints a stark picture: a substantial portion of endpoints that still receive help via TeamViewer are running an operating system that reaches end of vendor support in days, and the vendor’s Digital Employee Experience (DEX) tooling is...
A fresh telemetry snapshot from remote‑support sessions underscores a stark reality: as Microsoft’s Windows 10 support deadline approaches, a large share of real‑world endpoints remain on an OS that will soon stop receiving routine security patches—creating an urgent migration and...
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Microsoft’s quiet banner in Settings has become the latest front in a public fight over product lifecycles: Windows 10 version 22H2 now shows an end‑of‑support notice pointing toward October 14, 2025, and a growing coalition of consumer groups and businesses is pressing Microsoft to widen the...
One week before Microsoft’s hard cutoff, millions of Windows 10 PCs face a stark decision: remain on an OS that will no longer receive routine security patches or pick one of five practical paths—each with trade‑offs in cost, security, and convenience. The end‑of‑support date is fixed: October...
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If your Windows 10 PC is being told it’s “ineligible” for Windows 11, the fix may be a single BIOS/UEFI switch — enabling your machine’s TPM (Trusted Platform Module) support — and in many cases that alone will make the system eligible for the free Windows 11 upgrade before Windows 10 support...
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Nearly one in three gaming PCs still run Windows 10 as Microsoft prepares to end mainstream security updates on October 14, 2025, leaving a large swath of players facing an awkward deadline: upgrade now, pay for extended updates, or accept rising security and compatibility risk while developers...
Microsoft has quietly opened a practical lifeline for millions of Windows 10 users: a one-year extension of security updates through the Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that can be obtained instantly and without payment for qualifying devices — but it comes with specific requirements...
Microsoft has confirmed that support for Windows 10 will end on October 14, 2025 — meaning no more feature updates, no more routine security patches, and no routine technical support after that date — although a limited bridge for security updates is available through a new Extended Security...
Microsoft has set a hard deadline: Windows 10 reaches end of support on October 14, 2025, and that change forces a decision for every PC owner, IT manager, and small business that still relies on the decade-old operating system. Microsoft’s official lifecycle notices, a coordinated...
Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10 is now firmly on the calendar — October 14, 2025 — but Microsoft has built a practical escape hatch: a one‑year Extended Security Updates (ESU) program that most consumer PCs can join in a few clicks through Settings. The process is simple...
Microsoft has set a firm end-of-support date for Windows 10: October 14, 2025 — after that day Microsoft will stop delivering routine OS security patches, feature and quality updates, and standard technical support for mainstream Windows 10 editions unless devices are enrolled in one of the...
Acer’s South Africa “Make the Switch” push lands at precisely the moment millions of Windows 10 users face a hard calendar deadline: the company has rolled out a local promotion of AI‑ready laptops and value machines aimed at easing migration to Windows 11, while vendors and security teams warn...
Microsoft’s deadline is now unavoidable: Windows 10 will stop receiving regular security updates on October 14, 2025, and the immediate fallout in India—where millions of machines still run Windows 10—has forced consumers, small businesses, and large organisations into a compressed set of...
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Digital lifestyle expert Mario Armstrong’s national satellite media tour (SMT), produced in partnership with We Communications and News Media Group, Inc., arrived at a critical moment for millions of PC users: Microsoft’s declared end of mainstream support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. The...