[2025] Will you use Windows 10 LTSC or Windows 11?

[Nhonho]

With the end of updates for non-LTSC editions of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, will you install Windows 10 LTSC on your PC or will you move on to Windows 11?

According to this Microsoft page, "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021" will be supported until January 2032.

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 follows the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.

learn.microsoft.com

 

[docnorth]

We don’t talk officially about piracy.

 

[Onasi]

I am already on 11, been since it released, so…

 

[windwhirl]

With the end of updates for non-LTSC editions of Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, will you install Windows 10 LTSC on your PC or will you move on to Windows 11?

According to this Microsoft page, "Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021" will be supported until January 2032.

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 - Microsoft Lifecycle

Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021 follows the Fixed Lifecycle Policy.

learn.microsoft.com

Already on insider builds myself so I don't see any changes for me personally.

My mom's laptop came with Windows 11 so she already got used to it. I'm upgrading her desktop PC from its current Haswell i3 CPU to my now no longer in use Ryzen 3600, so I'll probably take the chance to upgrade her desktop PC to Windows 11 from Windows 10 as well, though I might consider a non IoT LTSC variant. I need to do a full system reinstall anyway because I already tried just switching the hardware around and it's just a rabbit hole of pain, so clean install it is.

 

[cal5582]

staying back on 10. this is the vista portion of the microsoft cycle.

 

[Macro Device]

With how actively M$ try to kill gaming (retro mostly but whatever, retro games are still games) on W11 I'd rather go back to W10. W11 has zero functions I need that don't exist in W10 and is a resource hog so I won't even bat an eye. Installed 24H2 just for a test drive and had too little time to set everything back to normal. Will do that next month.

 

[nageme]

is a resource hog

How so?

FWIW, the official system requirements are tame: 1GHz dual-core, 4GB RAM.

 

[Onasi]

@nageme
It’s not, people just continue misunderstanding Windows memory management. Equally debloated Win 10 and 11 installs will use comparable amounts of resources. Both are technically “resource hogs” compared to, say, 7.

 

[dgianstefani]

Just installed on my new laptop, no issues.

 

[Macro Device]

How so?

It uses more RAM, sometimes ridiculously so, compared to W10. Some of my games lagged when I temporarily ejected half my RAM (32 → 16 GB) which has never happened on W10, they all don't need more than 16 on W10.
It uses more CPU resources. ALWAYS 2+ % load no matter how close to doing nothing I am. On W10, 0% is achievable without doing anything about it.
Latency is higher.
Animations are disproportionally heavier on GPU.

the official system requirements

I don't remember last time when those were meaningful. Comfortable usage is only possible with a multi-core CPU with ST performance no less than in i5-10600K, 12+ GB RAM and a proper SATA III SSD or better. Of course you can launch W11 on a heavily downclocked Celeron but it's not gonna be any pleasant. Unless you really love pain.

 

[Hyderz]

my personal stuff are all on win11
but i got two desktops and a lappy i use for school are on win10...
the laptop is pretty much on life support... its slow as hell with its dual core...
the desktop are on 6700k and 7700 frankly speaking are still good until win10 stop its updates then ill get two minipc replacing em

 

[Ruru]

Switched to 11 after few feeks when it was released and nothing to complain. No need to stay on a soon-EOL (on the normal consumer side) OS.

the desktop are on 6700k and 7700 frankly speaking are still good until win10 stop its updates then ill get two minipc replacing em

Works fine with 6700K after I bought a TPM module from ebay. Needed a fresh install though for it to not complain about an unsupported CPU.

 

[freeagent]

I like 11, its really purty.

 

[ShrimpBrime]

As a competitive benchmark'er

W10, fresh install no updates or even a light version will have better scores than W11 any for most benchmarks. I have not really found any exceptions to this at all.

W11 does use resources differently, and maybe even a few more process threads as well.

Rules to benchmarking, which could apply to gamers is often over looked because benchmarking BAD.

Always read turn off stuff in the back ground. There is a sticky in benchmarking section of this forum, I believe, all gamers should utilize benchmarking tactics for better FPS. Even if that means sticking with W10 for that sole purpose.

There is a sticky for W10 and one for W11 tweaks. Can make either OS ok for gaming and benchmarking use.

 

[80-watt Hamster]

I keep threatening to go back to Linux upon W10 EoS, but time will tell if I follow through.

 

[Shrek]

Definitely Windows 11, have already moved over.

 

[stinger608]

I'm actually dual booting Windows 10 and 11.

I much prefer Windows 10 though.

Windows 11 reminds me of RGB lights. To much bling.

 

[adilazimdegilx]

Have 11 24H2 on my laptop, 10 LTSC in my PC. I'm planing to move to 11 LTSC on both of them at some point this(well, next) year.

 

[_roman_]

I moved ages ago to windows 11 pro. I need some work experience with windows 11.

Some hardware will be hard to work with. I'm glad I got rid of my recently purchased and already sold refurbished laptop with 8th generation intel processor with windows 11 pro. Even with 16GiB of RAM the box had sluggish windows updates. For a decent hardware with 16G'B of RAM and decent SSD this is a poor operating system performance.

 

[LabRat 891]

I'll be sticking w/ 10 ent IoT LTSC.

I've tried 11 multiple times, on multiple systems. 'Always end up back on 10 IoT LTSC