Microsoft Tells Windows 8.1 Users to Buy New Windows 11 Computers

Microsoft will retire Windows 8.1 in January next year, with the company to therefore focus entirely on Windows 10 and Windows 11. With Windows 10 also set to reach the end of the support in 2025, it’s pretty clear the future is all about Windows 11, and this is why Microsoft urges everybody to get new devices capable of making the most of its latest operating system. In an advisory this week, Microsoft tells Windows 8.1 users that the best way to handle the upcoming end of support is to get a new device that runs Windows 11. This is because that devices that launched specifically to run Windows 8.1 are already a decade old, so dealing with the requirements of a modern platform like Windows 11 is pretty difficult. “PCs originally built with Windows 8.1 are designed with technology that is about 10 years old. Once you move to a new PC, there will be many aspects of Windows that you will find familiar, but also with important software and hardware innovations and c...