Microsoft has confirmed that the end of Windows 8.1 follows scheduled for January 10, 2023which means that we are less than six months away from the end of support for said operating system.
As has happened with previous operating systems, this does not mean that Windows 8.1 will stop working overnight, in fact the opposite will happen, but there will come a point where you will continue to use it It will be a major risk.
The Redmond giant has been warning of this end so that companies, professionals and home users who still have Windows 8.1 installed can prepare to make the transition to another operating system. In this case, the situation should not be as problematic as it once was with Windows XP or Windows 7, and the reason is very simple, both operating systems had a much higher market share than Windows 8.1.
All in all, it is clear that Microsoft wants to do its homework and that is why it is striving to actively and passively give notice of the end of support for Windows 8.1. Therefore, it is confirmed that will start showing warnings and notifications about the end of the support cycle of this operating system to all those who use it, and it will do so in a similar way to what we saw in Windows 7.
On the other hand, Microsoft has commented that those who use Windows 8.1 should consider buying a new PC compatible with Windows 11, since the computers that came with said operating system pre-installed use hardware that is already ten years old. It seems that Microsoft you forget that this hardware is perfectly capable of running Windows 10, an operating system that is still supported, and that works perfectly.
The truth is that you have no reason to remain stuck in Windows 8.1, and if you are worried about having to buy new licenses to move to Windows 10 you can rest easy, since it is still possible to do it for freeas we tell you in this article.
