I upgraded my partners computer to windows 10 IOT.
Windows 11 itself+AI were factors, but the hardware restrictions were too.
this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025
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Finally converted the last computer in my house from Windows to Linux. My wife was the last holdout and she's been loving her Linux machine.
"upgrade"
I already have to use Windows 11 at work so I know the problems it comes with and I absolutely refuse to upgrade at home. I'd sooner go to exclusively Linux than upgrade at this point. I've already been duel booting Linux and Windows at home just in case I gotta bail completely. And as someone that has tried Linux back in 2015 it is leaps and bounds better than it used to be. Besides certain proprietary software you can basically do 80% of what you can on Windows at this point.
All these articles mention 10 being dead, but free extended support is offered by Microsoft with a couple of clicks until next year so really it's not. Massgrave gives you 3 I believe, and IOT is even longer.
Sure, but that's just postponing the inevitable. And Microsoft is a company not to be trusted at this point. You're one update away, yes, even on Windows 10, from being forced bullshit down your throat.
And vast majority would rather become ransomware targets than try Windows alternatives.