Microsoft’s Free Upgrade Offer For 500 Million Windows Users

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As Microsoft says, “with the AI capabilities of Copilot+ PCs, it’s now possible to quickly find and get back to any app, website, image, or document just by describing its content.” Bear in mind, that if you’re communicating or sharing anything with someone who has Recall enabled, even if you’re not recording it all, the might be.

Rudimentary math suggests that’s 750 million Windows 10 users, of which around 240 million do not have the hardware to upgrade.

It’s entirely possible that we will see a burst of Windows 11 upgrades in the weeks leading up to October 14, with users running Windows 10 until the last possible minute.