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What you better know

Windows 11has been on the market for a long minute now.

Per the report,Windows 10tops the market share at 71.9%.

Windows 11 Copilot

This is despite Microsoft’s efforts to get more people to upgrade their devices to its latest OS.

Admittedly,Windows 11’s minimum system requirementsare quite steep for the average user.

This means 94.85% of the users are running on Windows 10 and 11.

Windows 11 Taskbar closeup

We already know that Windows 10 is expected to reach its end of support in October 2025.

Microsoft has already started making changes leading up to this date.

For instance, the company announced that it’ll no longer release new versions of Windows 10.

Former Microsoft Executive Vice President Terry Myerson stands in front of a presentation about Windows 10

This means that the currentversion 22H2was the last release it made.

You shouldn’t expect any feature updates if you’re still running on Windows 10.

However, Microsoft will continue to release security updates.

Windows 10 Start menu on HP ZBook Studio G4

Microsoft also announced that it’ll beupgrading all Windows 10 users to the latest version 22H2 this month.

This could be a result of Microsoft pulling the plug on its Extended Security Update program early this year.

Binary code displayed on a laptop screen and Guy Fawkes mask are seen in this illustration photo.

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Windows 11 system features

Windows 11 Start menu

Windows 11 battery usage

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