How Microsoft’s Windows 10 support end may turn 240 million PCs into e-waste

Microsoft will continue supporting Windows 10 till October 2025. Recent reports said that the company is internally discussing extending the support period and it even announced Copilot for Windows 10. However, as per the latest development, the Windows-maker’s plan to end support for the older operating system could result in about 240 million PCs being disposed of.

According to Canalys Research, in the nearly two-year period until Microsoft’s official end-of-support date for Windows 10, roughly a fifth of devices will become e-waste due to incompatibility with the Windows 11 OS.