Windows 11 Might Reach You Sooner Than You Think

Microsoft says that it will be increasing the pace of the Windows 11 rollout. Previous estimates suggested that the company was going to prioritize new computers for the first few months before turning attention to other machines. Despite stating this fact earlier, Microsoft says that due to positive feedback from the Windows 11 update rollout, it will hasten the process.

Windows 11 will be made more widely available to Windows 10 devices. In the same blogpost, the company stated that Windows 10, version 2004 will see the end of its service life on December 14, 2021. Enterprise and Education editions of Windows 10, version 1909 will reach the end of servicing on May 10, 2022.

After their respective service life, these versions of Windows 10 will no longer receive monthly security and quality updates that keep them protected from the latest security threats. Microsoft also made it known that Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 is available today and will be supported for five years.

This version of Windows 10 is meant for special-purpose devices and environments, which include manufacturing or healthcare systems that require long term stability. However, the Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, which is also available today, will have a support lifecyle of 10 years.

Windows 11 is available for PCs that support TPM2.0 and Secure boot but said computers have to be running Intel 8th gen processors or Ryzen 2nd gen chips and later. However, Microsoft did backpedal on this and suggest that it will revisit the idea of allowing computers with older processors that have TPM2.0 and Secure boot to install the new OS.

The new operating system will be made available to eligible Windows 10 PCs via Windows Update. The upgrade process is the same as any of the regular updates we’ve received in the past few years. The entire ordeal is rather painless and requires minimal user intervention.

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However, if you rely on your computer for work, it would be best to hold off until all the bugs have been sorted out. This especially true of computers with AMD processors, that have been affected by a performance drop after switching to Windows 11. That said, a fix is currently being rolled out to remedy the problem.