What if you could’t use Windows 11 just yet, though?
Microsoft will provide extended updates, for a price.
Microsoft is officially opening up “Extended Security Updates,” or ESUs, for customers’Windows 10PCs.
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After all, the ESUs are expensive, and they won’t last forever.
This is the first time that Microsoft has offered ESUs to regular consumers.
This program is usually limited to business and education users.
For enterprise users, the first year of extended Windows 10 support will cost $61 per PC.
Education customers pay just $1 for ESU licenses.
Microsoft hasn’t announced ESU pricing for consumers.
The company says that this information will be shared on its consumer-facingEOL pageat a later date.
It’s not clear how long this program will last.
But ESUs for Windows 7 ended on January 2023, three years after Windows 7 reached EOL in 2020.
Of course, unless the price is right, very few individuals will take advantage of Microsoft’s offer.
That way, you’re free to continue receiving free software and security updates with Windows 11.
