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1 week agoGlobal PC shipments spike despite tariff-related US slowdown
Windows 11 upgrades and Windows 10 end-of-support drove an 8.2% rise to 69 million global PC shipments in Q3, with AI PC adoption increasing.
Windows 10's free support has shuffled off this mortal coil for most customers - but that's merely the headline act in Microsoft's October support massacre. Older versions of Office and Windows Server have also been shown the door. Support for Office 2019 (including Office 2016) and Exchange Server 2019 flatlined on October 14. While Microsoft will sell orphaned Windows 10 users an extra year or so of life support via its Extended Security Updates (ESU) program,