Microsoft has announced the Windows 10 22H2 feature update is the last for Windows 10 (so no Windows 11 23H1 or 23H2). There will still be patches and security updates through the end of life (October 2025) for Window 10, just no new features. Seems I am not the only one in the boat of not liking Windows 11. Though to be fair, I only worked with it for a few hours. Perhaps it was the laptop, but still even a basic laptop ($500 USD) shouldn’t be chocking on YouTube videos with nothing else open (other than whatever crap Microsft even when Windows 11 is S-Mode. Once I disabled S-Mode it did seem to perform better. However, I really wasn’t a fan of the UI, more so how certain features/settings had been relocated. My first impression a while back when I saw Windows 11 was Microsoft is trying to clone Apple’s OS X. There has also been a lot of issues with updates and even hardware with Windows 11, especially when it came to the Windows 11 22H2 feature update last fall. I believe Microsoft has worked out the kinks in most of them (of course in the case of Intel Smart Sound Technology (ISST) Microsoft has told Intel it’s not our problem you need to fix this on your end.
Of the two machines I have (HP Omen Desktop from February 2020 and Lenovo Yoga from March 2017) only the OMEN can (automatically) get Windows 11. However, I’d rather put Window 11 on the Yoga, but the processor is generation too old for the ‘free/automatic’ upgrade. The OMEN is my main machine I use, day in and day out, so if something goes wrong with a Windows 11 update that could prove to be troublesome. The Yoga I only use for watching videos in the evening and occasionally if I going to be away from the home office for a while, I can still access my feeds and the blog. The Yoga had been retired briefly last summer due to battery and charging issues. Both were resolved by getting a new power supply and battery.
I really hope Microsoft extends the Windows 10 end-of-life deadline. I really hate being forced to stop using a machine because the OS will no longer be supported. Yes, Windows 10 came out in 2015 so it will be 10-years, but the OMEN is only going to be a little over 5-years old and the Yoga a bit older at 8 1/2-years (purchased in March 2017). I am not one of those people who want the ‘latest and greatest’ PC. I’ll keep using a PC until the hardware fails (which was the case with the Gateway PC from Summer of 2013 that the OMEN replaced). The laptop the Yoga replaced I purchase in 2012 and is still in use today by a family member (it was upgraded a few years back with more memory and the addition on an SSD). I suppose when the time comes, I’ll just have to upgrade the OMEN to Windows 11 and hope for the best. The YOGA, will have to remain at Windows 10. Still almost a year-and-half so I might not even being using it anymore or found a suitable Windows 11 machine replacement (not that I’ve seen anything lately that compares at a reasonable price).
