WINDOWS 10 END OF SUPPORT: OCT 14, 2025★ HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PCs UNSUPPORTED★ ESU IS RENT — AND IT DOUBLES★ TPM 2.0 LEAVES MANY DEVICES INELIGIBLE★ BULK CERTIFIED ENDPOINT ITAD★ NIST 800-88 WIPE OR DESTROY★ REMARKET, RECYCLE, RECOVER★ WINDOWS 10 END OF SUPPORT: OCT 14, 2025★ HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PCs UNSUPPORTED★ ESU IS RENT — AND IT DOUBLES★
ITAD · END-OF-LIFE FLEET RETIREMENT
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// THE WINDOWS 10 RETIREMENT WAVE

Windows 10 support ended on October 14, 2025.
The PCs running it are still here.

// THOSE PCs ARE NOW UNSUPPORTED — NO PATCHES, NO FIXES, NO SUPPORT
// MANY CAN’T MEET WINDOWS 11’S TPM 2.0 / CPU REQUIREMENTS
// THE FLEET STILL HOLDS DATA — AND STILL HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE
// THE COST OF WAITING

ESU is rent — and it doubles.

$61K
Year 1
$122K
Year 2
$244K
Year 3
// Commercial Extended Security Updates, per 1,000 Windows 10 devices — the price doubles every year. It buys time, not a fix.
// THREE WAYS OUT OF WINDOWS 10

Upgrade. Rent. Or retire.

UPGRADE
If the PC qualifies

Eligible machines move to Windows 11 — but TPM 2.0 and CPU rules leave much of the fleet behind.

ESU
Rent more time

Extended Security Updates patch a little longer, at a price that doubles yearly. A bridge, not a destination.

RETIRE
Replace & recover

The ineligible fleet is retired securely — data destroyed, value recovered, e-waste diverted.

// For most enterprises, a large share of the fleet lands on option three. That’s the wave.

Stop renting. Retire the fleet. Recover the value.

// HOW WE RUN THE WAVE

Built for volume, not one-offs.

01 / SCOPE

Inventory across sites

We map the fleet across HQ, branches, and remote workers, on your migration timeline.

02 / COLLECT

On-site, pickup, or mail-back

Flexible logistics with chain-of-custody tracking from the moment of collection.

03 / SANITIZE

Wipe or destroy to NIST 800-88

Certified data sanitization or physical destruction for every data-bearing device.

04 / RECOVER

Remarket & recycle

Eligible units remarketed for value; the rest recycled (R2v3) with up to 99% landfill diversion.

// THE OUTCOME

Retired. Documented. Recovered.

0%
Devices documented, dock to destruction
// SERIALIZED CERTIFICATES OF DESTRUCTION
0%
Landfill diversion via R2v3 recycling
// SUSTAINABILITY YOU CAN REPORT
0
Escalating ESU bills once you retire
// THE RENT, ENDED
// CYBERCRUNCH ENTERPRISE ITAD

Stop paying rent. Retire the fleet. Recover the value.

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Windows 10 support ended October 14, 2025, triggering a decade-high device retirement. CyberCrunch handles bulk certified ITAD with NIST 800-88 destruction and R2v3 recycling.

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Full transcript · Windows 10 End-of-Life ITAD & Fleet Retirement

Windows 10 support ended on October 14, 2025, but the PCs running it are still here — now unsupported, with no patches or fixes. Many can't meet Windows 11's TPM 2.0 and CPU requirements, and the fleet still holds data and still has to go somewhere.

Waiting has a cost. Commercial Extended Security Updates are rent that doubles every year — roughly $61K in year one, $122K in year two, and $244K in year three per 1,000 Windows 10 devices — buying time, not a fix. There are three ways out: upgrade the machines that qualify (though TPM 2.0 and CPU rules leave much of the fleet behind), rent more time with ESU as a bridge rather than a destination, or retire the ineligible fleet securely — data destroyed, value recovered, e-waste diverted. For most enterprises, a large share lands on option three, and that's the wave.

CyberCrunch runs the wave at volume, not as one-offs: scope the fleet across HQ, branches, and remote workers on your migration timeline; collect on-site, by pickup, or by mail-back with chain-of-custody tracking; sanitize or destroy every data-bearing device to NIST 800-88; and recover value by remarketing eligible units and recycling the rest under R2v3 with up to 99% landfill diversion. The outcome is a fleet documented dock to destruction with serialized certificates, reportable landfill diversion, and an end to the escalating ESU bills.

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