I can’t believe it’s already near the end of April of this year. How can a year feel like it’s flown by but also dragging on at the same time? I’m not entirely convinced we’re all gonna make it to the end of this year. What a craptacular year it’s been so far for the world in general.
Well, if we manage to get to the end of the year, I have some first-world problems to take care of. One of them is that support for Windows 10 is ending in mid-October. Microsoft will no longer offer free updates and security patches for Windows 10. Technically, under certain circumstances, you can pay Microsoft for another year of support but I read that would cost around $100 per copy. After the year is up, you’re gonna be out of luck. In most cases, you’d be better of spending that money towards a copy of Windows 11.
Speaking of Windows 11, neither my desktop nor my laptop is compatible with Windows 11. Even though my CPU is still powerful to run modern games, it’s technically not “capable” of running Windows 11.
So, I have some first-world problems to solve here. Do I just run Windows 10 until it becomes infeasible to do so? At some point, programs and games won’t be compiled for Windows 10. Until then, do I risk using Windows 10 with no further security updates? It’s hard to gauge the risk as it depends on if you’re doing risky things and what security holes hackers find. I could be fine or I might not be.
The other alternative is to just upgrade. If I go this route, I can’t see myself buying a new desktop system and a laptop at the same time. That’s for rich people! I would start with just upgrading my desktop rig first. Even then, I’d re-use many components like my computer case, hard drives, and my graphics card. The new stuff I’d buy would be a CPU, motherboard, and memory. That would still cost me several hundred dollars, so not a cheap endeavour. Oh, I guess I’d need to a copy of Windows 11 as well.
October is still many months away but I know at the same time, it’ll be here before I know it.