But even if 2025 does become “the year of the Windows 11 PC refresh,” it's hard to see how it could possibly happen fast enough to get most of those Windows 10 PCs out of circulation.

Microsoft would really like you to replace your old Windows 10 PCs this year The carrot of "new features" and the stick of "no more updates for your old PC." ...

Microsoft will stop old Windows product keys from activating new Windows installs Windows 7 and 8 keys still seem to work for now, but that may be ending.