At present, Microsoft has officially ended support for the consumer version of Windows 10. For users who still use Windows 10, Microsoft also provides a dedicated ESU extended security support plan. All users can register for free and receive an additional year of security updates.
PC manufacturer Dell recently revealed in its Q3 performance report for fiscal year 2026 that compared with Windows 10 in the same period, the migration speed of users to Windows 11 is still quite slow.Dell said:
We have not completed the transition to Windows 11. In fact, if we measure it based on the point in time when Windows stopped supporting, our support rate for Windows 11 is 10 to 12 points behind the previous generation.
Dell also revealed that there are currently more than 500 million PCs that do not meet the hardware requirements for Windows 11, which means that these PCs cannot be directly upgraded to Windows 11, indicating that these 500 million PCs may be replaced by new PCs with Windows 11 pre-installed at some point in the future.
However, Dell hinted that PC sales will be roughly flat in the future. Although Dell did not explain this statement, it seems that Dell has noticed that people are not very interested in upgrading Windows 11 PCs, that is, they will not buy new PCs with Windows 11 pre-installed because Windows 10 stops supporting.
This statement is basically in line with our thoughts (from a user perspective). After all, Windows 10 is better than Windows 11 in terms of stability, and many Windows 10 PC hardware can continue to be used. There is no problem except that it does not meet the Windows 11 hardware requirements. It is completely unworthy to buy a new Windows 11 PC.
In other words, it may take many years for Windows 11 to slowly replace Windows 10 in the future. That is, as the performance of Windows 10 PCs slowly deteriorates, users gradually give up their old PCs and buy new ones. This process may last many, many years.