Microsoft pushes Windows 10 users to buy new computers

DNVN - Technology corporation Microsoft has begun making announcements to encourage users to switch to new computers running Windows 11 and Copilot+, as Windows 10 support is about to expire.

Microsoft has been sending Windows 10 users messages like "Do more with your new Windows 11 PC" or "Upgrade to a Copilot+ PC for the ultimate Windows 11 experience." However, when clicking on the "More details" link in these messages, users are taken to a page advertising the new PC.

Notably, the announcements made no mention of the possibility that users could continue using Windows 10 after October 14, 2025. Individual users can pay $30 to receive additional updates for a year, while businesses have the option to buy updates for three years, suggesting that Microsoft is pushing users to buy new computers rather than just paying for extended support.

Encouraging upgrades to new operating systems is not new to Microsoft. In the past, the company has encouraged Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 users to switch to Windows 10. However, the announcements this time are focused heavily on new PC purchases, as many devices currently do not meet the technical requirements of Windows 11, which only supports processors released in 2018 or later.

The transition to Windows 11 has been slow, with most users still satisfied with Windows 10. However, in the PC gaming segment, Windows 11 soon became the most popular operating system on the Steam platform in the summer of 2024. However, further user acceptance still needs to be verified.

Steam is a platform developed by Valve Corporation, specializing in online game distribution, digital copyright management, multi-user gaming support and providing social communication services on the internet. Considered as a copyright "game store" of Valve, Steam is where users can download games after paying with real money.

Despite announcing that it would stop releasing major updates to Windows 10 in 2023, Microsoft continues to add new features to the operating system. Notably, in June 2024, the company reopened the Windows 10 beta testing program.

Copilot is Microsoft's AI assistant, built on advanced language models from OpenAI like ChatGPT. It can generate text content like emails, poems, essays, search summaries, and even rewrite it in different styles. It can also create images, write code, and perform many other complex tasks.

Copilot+ PC is a new computer concept from Microsoft, including a line of laptops and desktops equipped with powerful hardware, meeting the minimum requirements to handle AI tasks. With powerful NPU processors, Copilot+ machines are capable of performing more than 40,000 billion calculations per second and operate efficiently with high-capacity batteries.

Introduced in May 2024, Copilot+ PC marks a major step forward in the personal computer industry. The combination of powerful hardware, intelligent software, and AI processing capabilities has brought an experience never before seen on previous PCs.

The Copilot+ PC series has many outstanding features such as Recall (review operation history on the computer), Cocreator (create and edit AI images in real time right on the device), Live Captions (translate audio from more than 40 languages ​​into English), and many other features.

Thanh Mai (t/h)

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