I installed Linux Mint on my wife's ageing Thinkpad (2016, new battery is en route but everything else works fine). Windows would struggle to even start its own file explorer (lol), so I said no more of that bullshit.

She is happy with it, apart from ProNote not working (she uses the web client instead).

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/products/windows-10-home-and-pro

Windows 10 Home and Pro

Retirement Date: Oct 14, 2025

Sounds like 2025 is gonna be a good year for PC manufacturers.

Microsoft really playing into the bit. This is all just hype for Windows 12

What i wonder, is:

• TPM a black box and then, why should i trust it
• if not, why not just use RAM as protected memory instead?

And closes the door on market share as well